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命根

命根

Chinese

		life; fate	radical (chem.); root; basis
simp. and trad. (命根)		命	根

Noun

命根

lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes the most in life
(euphemistic) ****

Derived terms

命根子 (mìnggēnzi)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): mìnggēn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): meng⁶ gan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: mìnggēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minqgen
  - IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: mìnggēnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄣㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minqgel
  - IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: meng⁶ gan¹
  - Yale: mehng gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: meng⁶ gan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɛːŋ²² kɐn⁵⁵/