續命

Chinese

		continue; replenish	life; fate
trad. (續命)		續	命
simp. (续命)		续	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk⁶ ming⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùmìng
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: syù-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhminq
    • Palladius: сюймин (sjujmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk⁶ ming⁶
    • Yale: juhk mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁹ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug⁶ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚² mɪŋ²²/

Verb

續命

1. to maintain, prolong or extend one's life; to respawn

   • 誰道五絲能續命？却令今日死君家！ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     谁道五丝能续命？却令今日死君家！ [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 713~755, 萬楚 (Wan Chu), Watching Performances by a Dancing Girl on the 5th Day of the 5th Lunar Month（《五日觀妓》）

     Shéi dào wǔsī néng xùmìng? Què lìng jīnrì sǐ jūn jiā! [Pinyin]

     Who says winding arms with five-coloured silk thread
     Would prolong one's life?
     Right now I'm going to die in your house
     At seeing this bewitching girl before my eyes!