拚性命

Chinese

		stake all; disregard; reject	life; survival
simp. and trad. (拚性命)		拚	性命
alternative forms		拼性命

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàⁿ-sìⁿ-miā / piàⁿ-sèⁿ-miā

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàⁿ-sìⁿ-miā
    • Tâi-lô: piànn-sìnn-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pviarsviemia
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piã²¹⁻⁵³ sĩ²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàⁿ-sèⁿ-miā
    • Tâi-lô: piànn-sènn-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pviarsveamia
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piã²¹⁻⁵³ sɛ̃²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/

Verb

拚性命

1. (Hokkien) to risk one's life
2. (Hokkien) to go to great lengths to accomplish something as if one's life depended on it

Synonyms

• (to risk one's life): 拚命 (pànmìng), 拼命 (pīnmìng), 玩命 (wánmìng)
• (to go to great lengths):

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• 下性命 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 亡命 (wángmìng)
• 拚命 (pànmìng)
• 拼命 (pīnmìng)
• 掙命 / 挣命 (zhèngmìng) (colloquial)
• 搏命 (bómìng)
• 死拼 (sǐpīn)
• 玩命 (wánmìng)
• 破命 (Northern Min)