好命

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	life; fate
trad. (好命)		好	命
simp. ^#(好命)		好	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎomìng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² meng⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-miang
Eastern Min (BUC): hō̤-miâng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ho³ mia⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-miā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎomìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎomìng
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-ming⁴
  - Yale: hǎu-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haominq
  - Palladius: хаомин (xaomin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² meng⁶
  - Yale: hóu mehng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² meng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² méng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ mɛːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-miang
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ miang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ miang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hō̤-miâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho³³⁻⁵⁵ miɑŋ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ mia⁵ [Phonetic: ho² mia⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heô-miā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁴⁵³⁻¹³ mia¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ mia⁵ [Phonetic: ho² mia⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho³³²⁻²⁴ mia²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-miā
  - Tâi-lô: hó-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoymia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ miã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ miã³³/

Adjective

好命

having a fortunate life; having a lucky life

Synonyms

命好

Antonyms

苦命 (kǔmìng)
(Hokkien) 歹命

Derived terms

好額毋值著會食，好命毋值著勇健 / 好额毋值著会食，好命毋值著勇健

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “好命”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 268.