聽天任命

Chinese

		let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	day; sky; heaven	to appoint; to assign a job; to assign a role to appoint; to assign a job; to assign a role; to resign oneself to fate
trad. (聽天任命)		聽	天	任命
simp. (听天任命)		听	天	任命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīngtiānrènmìng, tìngtiānrènmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ, ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīngtiānrènmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tingtianrènmìng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing¹-tʻien¹-jên⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: tīng-tyān-rèn-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingtianrennminq
    • Palladius: тинтяньжэньмин (tintjanʹžɛnʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tìngtiānrènmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tìngtianrènmìng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing⁴-tʻien¹-jên⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: tìng-tyān-rèn-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tinqtianrennminq
    • Palladius: тинтяньжэньмин (tintjanʹžɛnʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

聽天任命

1. Synonym of 聽天由命／听天由命 (tīngtiānyóumìng, “to resign oneself to fate; to be reconciled to one's lot”)