命脈

Chinese

		life; fate	mountain range; pulse
trad. (命脈)		命	脈
simp. (命脉)		命	脉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mìngmài

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁶ mak⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): miā-be̍h / miā-me̍h / bēng-me̍h / bēng-me̍eh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mìngmài
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mìngmài
  - Wade–Giles: ming⁴-mai⁴
  - Yale: mìng-mài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minqmay
  - Palladius: минмай (minmaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ maɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁶ mak⁶
  - Yale: mihng mahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁶ mak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁶ meg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²² mɐk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miā-be̍h
  - Tâi-lô: miā-be̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: miaxbeh
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /miã⁴¹⁻²² beʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miā-me̍h
  - Tâi-lô: miā-me̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: miaxmeh
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã³³⁻²¹ mẽʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /miã³³⁻¹¹ mẽʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēng-me̍h
  - Tâi-lô: bīng-me̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexngmeh
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ mẽʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēng-me̍eh
  - Tâi-lô: bīng-me̍eh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ mɛ̃ʔ¹²¹/

Noun

命脈

lifeblood; lifeline

Synonyms

命根 (mìnggēn)
命根子 (mìnggēnzi)
大命 (dàmìng) (literary)
性命根 (Hokkien)
生命線／生命线 (shēngmìngxiàn)

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