長命

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	life; fate
trad. (長命)		長	命
simp. (长命)		长	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chángmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чонмин (čonmin, I-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ meng⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhòng-miang

(Hailu, HRS): chong miang^˖

(Meixian, Guangdong): cong² miang⁴

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): chông² miang⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tn̂g-miā

(Teochew, Peng'im): deng⁵ mian⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chángmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chángmìng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang²-ming⁴
  - Yale: cháng-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngminq
  - Palladius: чанмин (čanmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    償命 / 偿命
    長命 / 长命
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чонмин (čonmin, I-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²⁴ miŋ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴ meng⁶
  - Yale: chèuhng mehng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ meng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ méng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ mɛːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng-miang
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˇ miang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong² miang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chong miang^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰoŋ⁵⁵ miaŋ³³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cong² miang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹ miaŋ⁵³/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: chông² miang⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰɔŋ²⁴ miaŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-miā
  - Tâi-lô: tn̂g-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngmia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² miã²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² miã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍¹³⁻²² miã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ miã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍²³⁻³³ miã³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: deng⁵ mian⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳ̂ng miāⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mĩã¹¹/

Adjective

長命

(literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) long-lived; longevous

Derived terms

長命事 / 长命事
長命契 / 长命契
長命富貴 / 长命富贵
長命工夫長命做 / 长命工夫长命做
長命斜 / 长命斜
長命百歲 / 长命百岁 (chángmìngbǎisuì)
長命縷 / 长命缕
長命釘 / 长命钉
長命鎖 / 长命锁 (chángmìngsuǒ)

References

“Entry #2439”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “长命”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 82.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	命
ちょう Grade: 2	めい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːme̞ː]

Noun

長(ちょう)命(めい) • (chōmei)

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