命數

Chinese

		life; fate	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (命數)		命	數
simp. (命数)		命	数

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mìngshù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): meng⁶ sou³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): miā-sò͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mìngshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mìngshù
  - Wade–Giles: ming⁴-shu⁴
  - Yale: mìng-shù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minqshuh
  - Palladius: миншу (minšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: meng⁶ sou³
  - Yale: mehng sou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: meng⁶ sou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: méng⁶ sou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛːŋ²² sou̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miā-sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: miā-sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: miaxsox
  - IPA (Taipei): /miã³³⁻¹¹ sɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /miã²²⁻²¹ sɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã³³⁻²¹ sɔ²¹/

Noun

命數

fate (of a person, country, business, etc.); destiny; kismet; lot

Synonyms

命水 (meng⁶ seoi²) (Cantonese)
命途 (Hokkien)
命運 / 命运 (mìngyùn)
字運 / 字运 (cê-ông) (Eastern Min, Hokkien)
定數 / 定数 (dìngshù)
宿命 (sùmìng) (Buddhism)
氣數 / 气数 (qìshù) (literary)
氣運 / 气运 (qìyùn) (literary or Southern Min)
造物 (zàowù) (obsolete)
運命 / 运命 (Hokkien, literary or Hakka)
運氣 / 运气
運途 / 运途 (Hokkien)
運道 / 运道 (yùndào)