拿命

Chinese

		to hold; to seize; to catch to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take	life; fate
simp. and trad. (拿命)		拿	命

Etymology

Likely a pronunciation with sandhi of sequential departing tones (連去變調) of 納命／纳命 (“to surrender life”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): námìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: námìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: námìng
    • Wade–Giles: na²-ming⁴
    • Yale: ná-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naminq
    • Palladius: намин (namin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

Verb

拿命

1. Used in fictions in exclamations before killing someone.

   拿命來吧！／拿命来吧！  ―  Námìng lái ba!  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

See also

• 納命／纳命