性命關天

Chinese

		life; survival	to concern the fate or destiny; to be of utmost importance
trad. (性命關天)		性命	關天
simp. (性命关天)		性命	关天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngmìngguāntiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ ming⁶ gwaan¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngmìngguāntiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngmìngguantian
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-ming⁴-kuan¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: syìng-mìng-gwān-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqminqguantian
    • Palladius: синмингуаньтянь (sinminguanʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ ming⁶ gwaan¹ tin¹
    • Yale: sing mihng gwāan tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ ming⁶ gwaan¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ ming⁶ guan¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ mɪŋ²² kʷaːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

性命關天

1. Synonym of 性命交關／性命交关 (xìngmìngjiāoguān, “to be a matter of life and death; of vital importance”)