看命

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	life; fate
simp. and trad. (看命)		看	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànmìng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: kàn-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannminq
    • Palladius: каньмин (kanʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-miā
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarmia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ miã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ miã³³/

Verb

看命

1. (obsolete or Southern Min) to tell someone's fortune

Synonyms

• 算命 (suànmìng)
• 相命 (xiàngmìng)
• (Teochew) 卦命

Derived terms

• 看命仙