掙命

Chinese

		to earn; to make (money); struggle	life; fate
trad. (掙命)		掙	命
simp. (挣命)		挣	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngmìng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: jèng-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqminq
    • Palladius: чжэнмин (čžɛnmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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Verb

掙命

1. to struggle for survival
2. (colloquial) to go to great lengths to accomplish something as if one's life depended on it

Synonyms

• (to go to great lengths):

• 亡命 (wángmìng)
• 拚命 (pànmìng)
• 拼命 (pīnmìng)
• 搏命 (bómìng)
• 死拼 (sǐpīn)
• 玩命 (wánmìng)
• 破命 (Northern Min)