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短命

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Chinese

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lack; short life; fate
simp. and trad.
(短命)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (5) (4)
Final () (62) (111)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter twanX mjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tuɑnX/ /mˠiæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʷɑnX/ /mᵚiaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tuɑnX/ /miaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/twanX/ /miajŋH/
Li
Rong
/tuɑnX/ /miɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/tuɑnX/ /mĭɐŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tuɑnX/ /mi̯ɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
duǎn mìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dyun2 ming6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
duǎn mìng
Middle
Chinese
‹ twanX › ‹ mjængH ›
Old
Chinese
/*tˁorʔ/ /*m-riŋ-s/ (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-, *-iŋ> *-eŋ)
English short command (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2480 8275
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*toːnʔ/ /*mreŋs/
Notes

Verb

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短命

  1. to die young

Synonyms

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Adjective

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短命

  1. short-lived

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (短命):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: 3
めい
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(たん)(めい) (tanmei-na (adnominal (たん)(めい) (tanmei na), adverbial (たん)(めい) (tanmei ni))

  1. short-lived
    短命(たんめい)恋愛(れんあい)ばかりを()(かえ)してしまう
    tanmei na ren'ai bakari o kurikaeshite shimau
    end up having only a string of short-lived romances

Inflection

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Noun

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(たん)(めい) (tanmei

  1. short life; brief lifespan; transience

Antonyms

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Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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短命

  1. chữ Hán form of đoản mệnh (short-lived).