奔命

Chinese

		go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope	life; fate
simp. and trad. (奔命)		奔	命

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēnmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ ming⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pun-bēng / phun-bēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēnmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: benmìng
  - Wade–Giles: pên¹-ming⁴
  - Yale: bēn-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benminq
  - Palladius: бэньмин (bɛnʹmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban¹ ming⁶
  - Yale: bān mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ ming⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: pun-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: punbeng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ biɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: phun-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phunbeng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/

Verb

奔⫽命 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to rush about; to be kept busy
(literary) to issue an emergency order

Synonyms

(to rush about): 奔勞／奔劳 (bēnláo)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bènmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ ming⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pun-bēng / phun-bēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bènmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bènmìng
  - Wade–Giles: pên⁴-ming⁴
  - Yale: bèn-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bennminq
  - Palladius: бэньмин (bɛnʹmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban¹ ming⁶
  - Yale: bān mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ ming⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: pun-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: punbeng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ biɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: phun-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phunbeng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/

Verb

奔⫽命 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to run quickly
to be in a rush (to do something)