唯命是從

Chinese

yes; only; alone life; fate be; yes; this
 
from; obey; observe
from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried
trad. (唯命是從) 唯 命 是 從
simp. (唯命是从) 唯 命 是 从
alternative forms 惟命是從/惟命是从

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 唯 命 是 從
Reading # 1/2 1/1 1/1 1/3
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 明 (4) 常 (25) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 脂 (16) 庚 (111) 支 (11) 鍾 (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III III
Fanqie 以追切 眉病切 承紙切 疾容切
Baxter ywij mjaengH dzyeX dzjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiuɪ/ /mˠiæŋH/ /d͡ʑiᴇX/ /d͡zɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/jʷi/ /mᵚiaŋH/ /d͡ʑiɛX/ /d͡zioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/juɪ/ /miaŋH/ /d͡ʑjɛX/ /d͡zioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jwi/ /miajŋH/ /d͡ʑiə̆X/ /d͡zuawŋ/
Li
Rong
/ui/ /miɐŋH/ /ʑieX/ /d͡zioŋ/
Wang
Li
/jwi/ /mĭɐŋH/ /ʑǐeX/ /d͡zĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/wi/ /mi̯ɐŋH/ /ʑie̯X/ /d͡zʱi̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wéi mìng shì cóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wai4 ming6 si6 cung4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 唯 命 是 從
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wéi mìng shì cóng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ywij › ‹ mjængH › ‹ dzyeX › ‹ dzjowng ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷij/ (< *ɢʷuj?) /*m-riŋ-s/ (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-, *-iŋ> *-eŋ) /*[d]eʔ/ /*[dz]oŋ/
English only command (n.) this to follow

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 唯 命 是 從
Reading # 1/2 1/1 1/1 2/3
No. 12854 8275 11645 1858
Phonetic
component
唯 令 是 从
Rime
group
脂 耕 支 東
Rime
subdivision
2 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
惟 命 是 從
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷi/ /*mreŋs/ /*djeʔ/ /*zloŋ/
Notes 本象隹鳴,鷕即其轉註異構,
非隹聲
令轉註字 金文從早從止,
馬敘倫謂正加射的
。按象對準目標行進,
表所行正確

Idiom

唯命是從

  1. to follow orders as if one's life depended on it; to do what one is told without fail

Synonyms

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