吊命

Chinese

		to hang; to suspend	life; fate
simp. and trad. (吊命)		吊	命

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu³ meng⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu³ meng⁶
    • Yale: diu mehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu³ meng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu³ méng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯³³ mɛːŋ²²/

Verb

吊⫽命 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to sustain one's frail life with medication or other things