算命

Chinese

		regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute	life; fate
trad. (算命)		算	命
simp. ^#(算命)		算	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): suànmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): suan⁴ min⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun³ meng⁶ / syun³ ming⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): son-miang
Eastern Min (BUC): sáung-miâng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sǹg-miā / sùiⁿ-miā
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵soe ⁶min
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sonn⁴ min⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suànmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suànmìng
  - Wade–Giles: suan⁴-ming⁴
  - Yale: swàn-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suannminq
  - Palladius: суаньмин (suanʹmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: suan⁴ min⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: suanmin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suan²¹³ min²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun³ meng⁶ / syun³ ming⁶
  - Yale: syun mehng / syun mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn³ meng⁶ / syn³ ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun³ méng⁶ / xun³ ming⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³³ mɛːŋ²²/, /syːn³³ mɪŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: son-miang
  - Hakka Romanization System: son miang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: son⁴ miang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /son⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sáung-miâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /souŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ miɑŋ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǹg-miā
  - Tâi-lô: sǹg-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngrmia
  - IPA (Philippines): /sŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /sŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ miã³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ miã³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùiⁿ-miā
  - Tâi-lô: suìnn-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svuiemia
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suĩ²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵soe ⁶min
  - MiniDict: soe^去 min^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²soe ³min
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sø⁴⁴ min²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: sonn⁴ min⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sõ⁴⁵ min²¹⁻¹¹/

Verb

算命

to tell someone's fortune

Synonyms

相命 (xiàngmìng)
(Hokkien, Teochew) 看命 (kànmìng), 卦命
(Xiang) 算八字

Derived terms

算命仙
算命佬
算命先生 (suànmìng xiānsheng)
算命家 (suànmìngjiā)