拼命

Chinese

		piece together; stake (all); spell piece together; stake (all); spell; join together	life; fate
simp. and trad. (拼命)		拼	命
alternative forms		拚命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pīnmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping³ meng⁶ / ping³ ming⁶

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīnmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pinmìng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin¹-ming⁴
    • Yale: pīn-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinminq
    • Palladius: пиньмин (pinʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping³ meng⁶ / ping³ ming⁶
    • Yale: ping mehng / ping mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping³ meng⁶ / ping³ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping³ méng⁶ / ping³ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ³³ mɛːŋ²²/, /pʰɪŋ³³ mɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàⁿ-miā
    • Tâi-lô: piànn-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pviarmia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piã²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piã²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piã¹¹⁻⁵³ miã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piã²¹⁻⁴¹ miã³³/

Note: 拚命 used in Taiwan.

Verb

拼命

1. to risk one's life
2. 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), 玩命 (wánmìng)
• (to go to great lengths):

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• 亡命 (wángmìng)
• 拚命 (pànmìng)
• 掙命 / 挣命 (zhèngmìng) (colloquial)
• 搏命 (bómìng)
• 死拼 (sǐpīn)
• 玩命 (wánmìng)
• 破命 (Northern Min)

 

Derived terms

• 拼命三郎 (pīnmìng sānláng)