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人命

人命

Chinese

		man; person; people	life; fate
simp. and trad. (人命)		人	命

Noun

人命

human life

Derived terms

人命危淺／人命危浅
人命關天／人命关天
出人命

攤了人命／摊了人命
草菅人命 (cǎojiānrénmìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	命
じん Grade: 1	めい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

人命 ‎(hiragana じんめい, romaji jinmei)

life

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): rénmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ meng⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-miang
Min Nan (POJ): lâng-miā / jîn-bēng / lîn-bēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: rénmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renminq
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ meng⁶
  - Yale: yàhn mehng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ meng⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ mɛːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-miang
  - Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ miang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² miang⁴
  - IPA: /ɲin¹¹ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-miā
  - Tâi-lô: lâng-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: langmia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² mia²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² mia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² mia²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mia³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ mia³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinbeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /d͡ʑin²³⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linbeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ³³/