命運

See also: 運命 and 命运

Chinese

	life; fate	to move; to transport; to use to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
trad. (命運)	命	運
simp. (命运)	命	运
anagram	運命／运命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mìngyùn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄣˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): минйүн (minyün, III-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁶ wan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): miang-yun
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): miā-ūn / bēng-ūn / mia-gǐn

(Teochew, Peng'im): mian⁷ ung⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶min-yun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mìngyùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mìngyùn
  - Wade–Giles: ming⁴-yün⁴
  - Yale: mìng-yùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minqyunn
  - Palladius: минъюнь (minʺjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ yn⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: минйүн (minyün, III-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁴⁴ yŋ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁶ wan⁶
  - Yale: mihng wahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁶ wan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁶ wen⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²² wɐn²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miang-yun
  - Hakka Romanization System: miang iun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: miang⁴ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mi̯aŋ⁵⁵ i̯un⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miang-yun
  - Hakka Romanization System: miang (r)iun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: miang⁴ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mi̯aŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯un⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miā-ūn
  - Tâi-lô: miā-ūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: miaxun
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /miã²²⁻²¹ un²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /miã⁴¹⁻²² un⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã³³⁻²¹ un³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /miã³³⁻¹¹ un³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēng-ūn
  - Tâi-lô: bīng-ūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexng'un
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² un⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ un²²/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mia-gǐn
  - Tâi-lô: mia-gǐn
  - IPA (Longyan): /miã³³⁴ ɡin⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mian⁷ ung⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: miāⁿ ūng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mĩã¹¹ uŋ¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶min-yun
  - MiniDict: min^去 yuin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min-hhyn
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² ɦyn⁴⁴/

Noun

命運

fate (of a person, country, business, etc.); destiny; kismet; lot
1. (specifically, biology) fate (final cell type into which a particular cell will develop)

Synonyms

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命數 / 命数 (mìngshù)
命水 (meng⁶ seoi²) (Cantonese)
命途 (Hokkien)
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)

Derived terms

人類命運共同體 / 人类命运共同体 (rénlèi mìngyùn gòngtóngtǐ)
命運兩濟 / 命运两济
命運圖 / 命运图

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (命運):

→ Japanese: 命運(めいうん) (meiun)
→ Korean: 명운(命運) (myeong'un)
→ Vietnamese: mệnh vận (命運)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
命	運
めい Grade: 3	うん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーうん [mèéúń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞ːɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

命(めい)運(うん) • (meiun)

fate; destiny; doom

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
命	運

Noun

命運 • (myeong'un) (hangeul 명운)

hanja form^? of 명운 (“fate, destiny, doom”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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