拼命

Chinese

		piece together; stake (all); spell piece together; stake (all); spell; join together	life; fate
simp. and trad. (拼命)		拼	命
alternative forms		拚命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pīnmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ping³ meng⁶ / ping³ ming⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàⁿ-miā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pīnmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pinmìng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻin¹-ming⁴
  - Yale: pīn-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinminq
  - Palladius: пиньмин (pinʹmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ping³ meng⁶ / ping³ ming⁶
  - Yale: ping mehng / ping mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ping³ meng⁶ / ping³ ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ping³ méng⁶ / ping³ ming⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ³³ mɛːŋ²²/, /pʰɪŋ³³ mɪŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàⁿ-miā
  - Tâi-lô: piànn-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pviarmia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piã²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piã²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piã¹¹⁻⁵³ miã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piã²¹⁻⁴¹ miã³³/

Note: 拚命 used in Taiwan.

Verb

拼命

to risk one's life
to go to great lengths to accomplish something as if one's life depended on it

Synonyms

(to risk one's life): 拚命 (pànmìng), 玩命 (wánmìng)
(to go to great lengths):

下性命 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
亡命 (wángmìng)
拚命 (pànmìng)
掙命 / 挣命 (zhèngmìng) (colloquial)
搏命 (bómìng)
死拼 (sǐpīn)
玩命 (wánmìng)
破命 (Northern Min)

Derived terms

拼命三郎 (pīnmìng sānláng)