使命

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	life; fate
simp. and trad. (使命)		使	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǐmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si³ ming⁶ / si⁵ ming⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu² men⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-min

(Hailu, HRS): sii^ˊ min^˖
Eastern Min (BUC): sé̤ṳ-miâng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): so³ ming⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sír-bēng / sú-bēng / sù-bēng

(Teochew, Peng'im): sai² mêng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǐmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhmìng
  - Wade–Giles: shih³-ming⁴
  - Yale: shř-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyminq
  - Palladius: шимин (šimin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si³ ming⁶ / si⁵ ming⁶
  - Yale: si mihng / síh mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si³ ming⁶ / si⁵ ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi³ ming⁶ / xi⁵ ming⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ mɪŋ²²/, /siː¹³ mɪŋ²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhu² men⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu⁵⁵ ᵐben³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-min
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˋ min
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si³ min⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ min⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˊ min^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴⁻³³ min³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sé̤ṳ-miâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²¹³⁻⁵³ miɑŋ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: so³ ming⁵ [Phonetic: so² ming⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seô-mīng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬo⁴⁵³⁻¹³ miŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: so³ ming⁵ [Phonetic: so² ming⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬo³³²⁻²⁴ miŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: sír-bīng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: sú-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sw'beng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: sù-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suo'beng
  - IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ biɪŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sai² mêng⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sái mĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁵²⁻³⁵ meŋ³⁵/

Noun

使命

(diplomatic, figuratively) mission; set task; assignment
歷史使命／历史使命 ― lìshǐ shǐmìng ― historical mission

Usage notes

Generally, 任務／任务 (rènwù) refers to an ordinary task, while 使命 (shǐmìng) refers to a task of some importance.

Derived terms

不辱使命 (bùrǔshǐmìng)
使命感 (shǐmìnggǎn)
大使命 (Dà Shǐmìng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (使命):

→ Japanese: 使(し)命(めい) (shimei)
→ Korean: 사명(使命) (samyeong)
→ Vietnamese: sứ mệnh (使命)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
使	命
し Grade: 3	めい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しめー [shíꜜmèè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕime̞ː]

Noun

使(し)命(めい) • (shimei)

mission, errand, message

Derived terms

使命感(しめいかん) (shimeikan): sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
使命者(しめいしゃ) (shimeisha): messenger
使命(しめい)を果(は)たす (shimei o hatasu): carry out a mission
使命(しめい)を帯(お)びる (shimei o obiru): be charged with a mission

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
使	命

Noun

使命 • (samyeong) (hangeul 사명)

hanja form^? of 사명 (“vocation; mission”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
使	命

Noun

使命

chữ Hán form of sứ mệnh (“mission; assignment”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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See also

Japanese

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Korean

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Vietnamese

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