大命

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	life; fate
simp. and trad. (大命)		大	命
anagram		命大

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàmìng
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ming⁴
  - Yale: dà-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahminq
  - Palladius: дамин (damin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/

Noun

大命

(literary) the Mandate of Heaven
(historical) imperial order
(literary) lifeblood; lifeline

Synonyms

(the Mandate of Heaven): (literary) 景命 (jǐngmìng), 天命 (tiānmìng)
(imperial order):

上諭 / 上谕 (shàngyù)
制誥 / 制诰 (zhìgào)
敕令 (chìlìng)
敕命 (chìmìng)
敕書 / 敕书 (chìshū)
旨意 (zhǐyì)
欽命 / 钦命 (qīnmìng)
聖旨 / 圣旨 (shèngzhǐ)
詔令 / 诏令 (zhàolìng)
詔旨 / 诏旨 (zhàozhǐ)
詔書 / 诏书 (zhàoshū)

(lifeblood):

命根 (mìnggēn)
命根子 (mìnggēnzi)
命脈 / 命脉 (mìngmài)
性命根 (Hokkien)
生命線 / 生命线 (shēngmìngxiàn)

Pronunciation 2

Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ meng⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ meng⁶
  - Yale: daaih mehng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ meng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ méng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² mɛːŋ²²/

Adjective

大命

(Cantonese) lucky (to escape, not get hurt, etc.)

Synonyms

命大 (mìngdà)

Pronunciation 3

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-miā

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-miā
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxmia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² miã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ miã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ miã³³/

Noun

大命

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