請命

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	life; fate
trad. (請命)		請	命
simp. (请命)		请	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐngmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing² ming⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhéng-bēng / chhéng-miā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐngmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐngmìng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing³-ming⁴
  - Yale: chǐng-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingminq
  - Palladius: цинмин (cinmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing² ming⁶
  - Yale: chíng mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing² ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing² ming⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵ mɪŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: tshíng-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhefngbeng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng-miā
  - Tâi-lô: tshíng-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhefngmia
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ miã³³/

Verb

請命

to plead on somebody's behalf
(archaic) to ask the higher authorities for instructions