命中註定

Chinese

		to hit a target	to be destined or doomed to a particular outcome
trad. (命中註定/命中注定)		命中	註定/注定
simp. (命中注定)		命中	注定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mìngzhōngzhùdìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁶ zung¹ zyu³ ding⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mìngzhōngzhùdìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mìngjhongjhùdìng
    • Wade–Giles: ming⁴-chung¹-chu⁴-ting⁴
    • Yale: mìng-jūng-jù-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minqjongjuhdinq
    • Palladius: минчжунчжудин (minčžunčžudin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁶ zung¹ zyu³ ding⁶
    • Yale: mihng jūng jyu dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁶ dzung¹ dzy³ ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁶ zung¹ ju³ ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syː³³ tɪŋ²²/

Idiom

命中註定

1. predestined; destined; fated; decreed by fate

   • 罷罷，拋妻棄子，也是命中註定，事已如此，也顧他不得了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     罢罢，抛妻弃子，也是命中注定，事已如此，也顾他不得了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《石點頭》卷三

     Bà bà, pāo qī qì zǐ, yěshì mìngzhōngzhùdìng, shì yǐ rúcǐ, yě gù tā bùdé le. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 命裡註定／命里注定 (mìnglǐzhùdìng)

References

• “Entry #32675”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.