借命

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	life; fate
simp. and trad. (借命)		借	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jièmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ ming⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jièmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jièmìng
  - Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-ming⁴
  - Yale: jyè-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehminq
  - Palladius: цземин (czemin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze³ ming⁶
  - Yale: je mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zé³ ming⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ mɪŋ²²/

Verb

借命

(literary) to choose to live on in disgrace instead of dying honorably; to drag out an ignoble existence

Synonyms

偷生 (tōushēng)

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