壽命

See also: 寿命

Chinese

		(long) life	life; fate
trad. (壽命)		壽	命
simp. (寿命)		寿	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòumìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ ming⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siū-miā

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siu⁷ mian⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòumìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòumìng
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: shòu-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showminq
    • Palladius: шоумин (šoumin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 受命 壽命 / 寿命 授命

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau⁶ ming⁶
    • Yale: sauh mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² mɪŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 壽命 / 寿命 授命

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-miā
    • Tâi-lô: siū-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuxmia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹⁻²² miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu³³⁻¹¹ miã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu³³⁻²¹ miã³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siu⁷ mian⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siū miāⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu¹¹ mĩã¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyuwX|dzyuwH mjaengH

Rime
Character	壽	壽	命
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	常 (25)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	殖酉切	承呪切	眉病切
Baxter	dzyuwX	dzyuwH	mjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨuX/	/d͡ʑɨuH/	/mˠiæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiuX/	/d͡ʑiuH/	/mᵚiaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiəuX/	/d͡ʑiəuH/	/miaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuwX/	/d͡ʑuwH/	/miajŋH/
Li Rong	/ʑiuX/	/ʑiuH/	/miɐŋH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭəuX/	/ʑĭəuH/	/mĭɐŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ə̯uX/	/ʑi̯ə̯uH/	/mi̯ɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shòu	shòu	mìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau6	sau6	ming6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N-t]uʔ|[N-t]uʔ-s  m-riŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djuʔ|djus  mreŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	壽	壽	命
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shòu	shòu	mìng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyuwX ›	‹ dzyuwH ›	‹ mjængH ›
Old Chinese	/*[N-t]uʔ/	/*[N-t]uʔ-s/	/*m-riŋ-s/ (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-, *-iŋ> *-eŋ)
English	longevity	longevity	command (n.)
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	壽	壽	命
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	11707	11709	8275
Phonetic component	壽	壽	令
Rime group	幽	幽	耕
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	受	授	命
Old Chinese	/*djuʔ/	/*djus/	/*mreŋs/
Notes			令轉註字

Noun

壽命

1. life; lifespan

   • 永宜厥身，保壽命只。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     永宜厥身，保寿命只。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Yǒng yí jué shēn, bǎo shòumìng zhǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 禱祠名山諸神，以延壽命。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     祷祠名山诸神，以延寿命。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Dǎocí míngshān zhū shén, yǐ yán shòumìng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. product life; service life

Derived terms

• 平均壽命 / 平均寿命 (píngjūn shòumìng)
• 預期壽命 / 预期寿命 (yùqī shòumìng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (壽命):

• → Japanese: 寿命(じゅみょう) (jumyō)
• → Korean: 수명(壽命) (sumyeong)
• → Vietnamese: thọ mệnh (壽命)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
壽	命
じゅ Jinmeiyō	みょう Grade: 3
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 壽命 – see the following entry.

【寿命じゅみょう】 [noun] age (whole duration of a being), lifespan [noun] being at the end of one's lifespan

(This term, 壽命, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
壽	命

Noun

壽命 • (sumyeong) (hangeul 수명)

1. hanja form^? of 수명 (“lifespan”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
壽	命

Noun

壽命

1. chữ Hán form of thọ mệnh (“lifespan”).