聽命

See also: 听命

Chinese

		let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	life; fate
trad. (聽命)		聽	命
simp. (听命)		听	命

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīngmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting¹ ming⁶ / ting³ ming⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīngmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tingmìng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing¹-ming⁴
    • Yale: tīng-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingminq
    • Palladius: тинмин (tinmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ting¹ ming⁶ / ting³ ming⁶
    • Yale: tīng mihng / ting mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting¹ ming⁶ / ting³ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting¹ ming⁶ / ting³ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²²/, /tʰɪŋ³³ mɪŋ²²/

Verb

聽命

1. to obey orders; to follow commands

Derived terms

• 俯首聽命／俯首听命
• 唯唯聽命／唯唯听命
• 拱手聽命／拱手听命
• 敢不聽命／敢不听命
• 束手聽命／束手听命

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīngmìng, tìngmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˋ, ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting³ ming⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thèng-bēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīngmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tingmìng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing¹-ming⁴
    • Yale: tīng-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingminq
    • Palladius: тинмин (tinmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tìngmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tìngmìng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: tìng-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tinqminq
    • Palladius: тинмин (tinmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ting³ ming⁶
    • Yale: ting mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting³ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting³ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ³³ mɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèng-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: thìng-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teangbeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ biɪŋ³³/

Verb

聽命

1. to resign oneself to fate; to submit to the will of heaven

Derived terms

• 聽命由天／听命由天