老命

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	life; fate
trad. (老命)		老	命
simp. #(老命)		老	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎomìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ meng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-miang
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-miā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎomìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎomìng
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-ming⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laominq
    • Palladius: лаомин (laomin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ meng⁶
    • Yale: lóuh mehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ meng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ méng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ mɛːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-miang
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˋ miang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ miang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-miā
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxmia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ miã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ miã³³/

Noun

老命

1. life of an elderly person; this frail life (of mine)
2. (humorous) the fragile life of someone (in a dangerous situation)

Derived terms

• 拼老命