壽命

See also: 寿命

Chinese

		(long) life	life; fate
trad. (壽命)		壽	命
simp. (寿命)		寿	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shòumìng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ ming⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siū-miā / siū-bēng

(Teochew, Peng'im): siu⁷ mian⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shòumìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shòumìng
  - Wade–Giles: shou⁴-ming⁴
  - Yale: shòu-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showminq
  - Palladius: шоумин (šoumin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    受命
    壽命 / 寿命
    授命
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sau⁶ ming⁶
  - Yale: sauh mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ ming⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² mɪŋ²²/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    壽命 / 寿命
    授命
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-miā
  - Tâi-lô: siū-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuxmia
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹⁻²² miã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu³³⁻²¹ miã³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu³³⁻¹¹ miã³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: siū-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuxbeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu³³⁻¹¹ biɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu³³⁻²¹ biɪŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siu⁷ mian⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siū miāⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu¹¹ mĩã¹¹/

Middle Chinese: dzyuwX|dzyuwH mjaengH

Rime
Character	壽	壽	命
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	常 (25)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	殖酉切	承呪切	眉病切
Baxter	dzyuwX	dzyuwH	mjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨu^X/	/d͡ʑɨu^H/	/mˠiæŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiu^X/	/d͡ʑiu^H/	/mᵚiaŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiəu^X/	/d͡ʑiəu^H/	/miaŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuw^X/	/d͡ʑuw^H/	/miajŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ʑiu^X/	/ʑiu^H/	/miɐŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ʑĭəu^X/	/ʑĭəu^H/	/mĭɐŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ə̯u^X/	/ʑi̯ə̯u^H/	/mi̯ɐŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shòu	shòu	mìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau⁶	sau⁶	ming⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[N-t]uʔ|[N-t]uʔ-s m-riŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*djuʔ|djus mreŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	壽	壽	命
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shòu	shòu	mìng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyuw^X ›	‹ dzyuw^H ›	‹ mjæng^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[N-t]uʔ/	/*[N-t]uʔ-s/	/m-riŋ-s/ (dialect: m-r- > mr-, -iŋ> *-eŋ)
English	longevity	longevity	command (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	壽	壽	命
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	11707	11709	8275
Phonetic component	壽	壽	令
Rime group	幽	幽	耕
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	受	授	命
Old Chinese	/*djuʔ/	/*djus/	/*mreŋs/
Notes			令轉註字

Noun

壽命

life; lifespan
- 永宜厥身，保壽命只。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  永宜厥身，保寿命只。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE
  Yǒng yí jué shēn, bǎo shòumìng zhǐ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 禱祠名山諸神，以延壽命。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  祷祠名山诸神，以延寿命。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Dǎocí míngshān zhū shén, yǐ yán shòumìng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
product life; service life

Derived terms

平均壽命 / 平均寿命 (píngjūn shòumìng)
預期壽命 / 预期寿命 (yùqī shòumìng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (壽命):

→ Japanese: 寿命(じゅみょう) (jumyō)
→ Korean: 수명(壽命) (sumyeong)
→ Vietnamese: thọ mệnh (壽命)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
壽	命
じゅ Jinmeiyō	みょう Grade: 3
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 壽命 – see the following entry.

【寿命じゅみょう】

[noun] age (whole duration of a being), lifespan

[noun] being at the end of one's lifespan

(This term, 壽命, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
壽	命

Noun

壽命 • (sumyeong) (hangeul 수명)

hanja form^? of 수명 (“lifespan”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
壽	命

Noun

壽命

chữ Hán form of thọ mệnh (“lifespan”)