效命

Chinese

		effect; efficacy; imitate	life; fate
simp. and trad. (效命)		效	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàomìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ ming⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-bēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàomìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàomìng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: syàu-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawminq
    • Palladius: сяомин (sjaomin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau⁶ ming⁶
    • Yale: haauh mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao⁶ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²² mɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxbeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hau²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² biɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ biɪŋ³³/

Verb

效命

1. (literary) to go all out to serve

Derived terms

• 臨危效命 / 临危效命