性命根

Chinese

		life; survival	radical (chem.); root; basis
simp. and trad. (性命根)		性命	根

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìⁿ-miā-kun / sèⁿ-miā-kin

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìⁿ-miā-kun
  - Tâi-lô: sìnn-miā-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sviemiaxkwn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹⁻²² kun³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèⁿ-miā-kin
  - Tâi-lô: sènn-miā-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sveamiaxkyn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²⁻²¹ kin⁴⁴/

Noun

性命根

(Southern Min) lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes the most in life

Synonyms

命根 (mìnggēn)
命根子 (mìnggēnzi)
命脈／命脉 (mìngmài)
大命 (dàmìng) (literary)
生命線／生命线 (shēngmìngxiàn)

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