要命
Chinese
important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce |
life; fate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (要命) | 要 | 命 | |
| simp. #(要命) | 要 | 命 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yàomìng
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yàomìng
- Wade–Giles: yao4-ming4
- Yale: yàu-mìng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawminq
- Palladius: яомин (jaomin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: yāomīn
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): yao4 min4
- Sinological IPA (key): /iɔ⁴⁴ mĩ⁴⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jiu3 meng6
- Yale: yiu mehng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jiu3 meng6
- Guangdong Romanization: yiu3 méng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːu̯³³ mɛːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-bēng
- Tâi-lô: iàu-bīng
- Phofsit Daibuun: iao'beng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
要命
Synonyms
- 致命 (zhìmìng)
Adjective
要命
Adverb
要命
Usage notes
- When 要命 is used to mean "extreme", it is usually used as a complement after an adjective and 得 (de). When used in this construction, it can be translated as "extremely", "awfully" or "terribly".