唯命是聽

Chinese

		yes; only; alone	life; fate	be; yes; this	let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey
trad. (唯命是聽)		唯	命	是	聽
simp. (唯命是听)		唯	命	是	听
alternative forms		惟命是聽／惟命是听

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéimìngshìtīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéimìngshìtīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéimìngshìhting
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-ming⁴-shih⁴-tʻing¹
    • Yale: wéi-mìng-shr̀-tīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiminqshyhting
    • Palladius: вэйминшитин (vɛjminšitin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ywij mjaengH dzyeX theng

Rime
Character	唯	命	是	聽
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	明 (4)	常 (25)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	庚 (111)	支 (11)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	IV
Fanqie	以追切	眉病切	承紙切	他丁切
Baxter	ywij	mjaengH	dzyeX	theng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuɪ/	/mˠiæŋH/	/d͡ʑiᴇX/	/tʰeŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷi/	/mᵚiaŋH/	/d͡ʑiɛX/	/tʰeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/juɪ/	/miaŋH/	/d͡ʑjɛX/	/tʰɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwi/	/miajŋH/	/d͡ʑiə̆X/	/tʰɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/ui/	/miɐŋH/	/ʑieX/	/tʰeŋ/
Wang Li	/jwi/	/mĭɐŋH/	/ʑǐeX/	/tʰieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/wi/	/mi̯ɐŋH/	/ʑie̯X/	/tʰieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	mìng	shì	tīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai4	ming6	si6	ting1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷij  m-riŋ-s  [d]eʔ  l̥ˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷi  mreŋs  djeʔ  l̥ʰeːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	唯	命	是	聽
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wéi	mìng	shì	tīng
Middle Chinese	‹ ywij ›	‹ mjængH ›	‹ dzyeX ›	‹ theng ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷij/ (< *ɢʷuj?)	/*m-riŋ-s/ (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-, *-iŋ> *-eŋ)	/*[d]eʔ/	/*l̥ˁeŋ/
English	only	command (n.)	this	listen
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	唯	命	是	聽
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1	1/2
No.	12854	8275	11645	11392
Phonetic component	唯	令	是	聖
Rime group	脂	耕	支	耕
Rime subdivision	2	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	惟	命	是	汀
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷi/	/*mreŋs/	/*djeʔ/	/*l̥ʰeːŋ/
Notes	本象隹鳴，鷕即其轉註異構， 非隹聲	令轉註字	金文從早從止， 馬敘倫謂正加射的。按象對準目標行進， 表所行正確	甲金文象耳對口， 後繁化加心壬聲， 右上即卜口繁化

Idiom

唯命是聽

1. Synonym of 唯命是從／唯命是从 (wéimìngshìcóng, “to follow orders as if one's life depended on it; to do what one is told without fail”)

   • 在這樣的會議裡，各民眾團體的意見影響縣長，縣長總是唯命是聽。 [MSC, trad.]
     在这样的会议里，各民众团体的意见影响县长，县长总是唯命是听。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zài zhèyàng de huìyì lǐ, gè mínzhòng tuántǐ de yìjiàn yǐngxiǎng xiànzhǎng, xiànzhǎng zǒngshì wéimìngshìtīng. [Pinyin]

     At such council meetings the magistrate is influenced by the views of the public organizations and invariably does their bidding.