亡命

亡命

Chinese

		to die; to perish	life; fate
trad. (亡命)		亡	命
simp. #(亡命)		亡	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wángmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ ming⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): bông-bēng / bông-miā
• Xiang (Wiktionary): uan² min⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wángmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wángmìng
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-ming⁴
    • Yale: wáng-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangminq
    • Palladius: ванмин (vanmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁴ ming⁶
    • Yale: mòhng mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹ mɪŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: bông-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bongbeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông-miā
    • Tâi-lô: bông-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bongmia
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² miã⁴¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: uan² min⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uan¹³ min²¹⁻¹¹/

Verb

亡命

1. to flee; to escape; to be forced into exile
2. to go to great lengths to accomplish something as if one's life depended on it

Synonyms

• (to flee):

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出亡 (chūwáng) (literary) 出奔 (chūbēn) 流亡 (liúwáng) 走反 (Hokkien, from war) 逃亡 (táowáng)

逃荒 (táohuāng) (from famine) 逋逃 (būtáo) (literary) 竄／窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds) 逃難／逃难 (táonàn) (from a disaster) 避難／避难 (bìnàn)

• (to go to great lengths):

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拚命 (pànmìng) 拼命 (pīnmìng) 搏命 (bómìng) 死拼 (sǐpīn)

玩命 (wánmìng) 破命 (Min Bei) 掙命／挣命 (zhèngmìng) (colloquial)

Derived terms

亡命之徒 (wángmìngzhītú)

亡命徒 (wángmìngtú)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
亡	命
ぼう Grade: 6	めい Grade: 3
kan’on

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) ぼーめー [bòóméé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ːme̞ː]

Noun

亡(ぼう)命(めい) • (bōmei) ^{←ばうめい (baumei)?}

1. exile

   チベットの亡(ぼう)命(めい)政(せい)府(ふ)はインドにあります。

   Chibetto no bōmei seifu wa Indo ni arimasu.

   The government in exile of Tibet is in India.

   • 1944, スヴァンテ・アレニウス (Suvante Areniusu) [Svante Arrhenius], 寺(てら)田(だ)寅(とら)彦(ひこ) (Terada Torahiko), transl., 宇(う)宙(ちゅう)の始(はじ)まり (Uchū no hajimari)‎:

     ソクラテスは亡(ぼう)命(めい)を恥(はじ)としたために毒(どく)杯(はい)を飲(の)み干(ほ)さなければならなかった。

     Sokuratesu wa bōmei o haji to shita tame ni dokuhai o nomihosanakereba naranakatta.

     Socrates had to drink a poisoned chalice up because he scorned exiling.

2. defection
3. asylum

Verb

亡(ぼう)命(めい)する • (bōmei suru) ^{←ばうめい (baumei)?} intransitive suru (stem 亡(ぼう)命(めい)し (bōmei shi), past 亡(ぼう)命(めい)した (bōmei shita))

1. to go into exile
2. to defect

Conjugation

Conjugation of "亡命する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	亡命し	ぼうめいし	bōmei shi
Continuative (連用形)	亡命し	ぼうめいし	bōmei shi
Terminal (終止形)	亡命する	ぼうめいする	bōmei suru
Attributive (連体形)	亡命する	ぼうめいする	bōmei suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	亡命すれ	ぼうめいすれ	bōmei sure
Imperative (命令形)	亡命せよ¹ 亡命しろ²	ぼうめいせよ¹ ぼうめいしろ²	bōmei seyo¹ bōmei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	亡命される	ぼうめいされる	bōmei sareru
Causative	亡命させる 亡命さす	ぼうめいさせる ぼうめいさす	bōmei saseru bōmei sasu
Potential	亡命できる	ぼうめいできる	bōmei dekiru
Volitional	亡命しよう	ぼうめいしよう	bōmei shiyō
Negative	亡命しない	ぼうめいしない	bōmei shinai
Negative continuative	亡命せず	ぼうめいせず	bōmei sezu
Formal	亡命します	ぼうめいします	bōmei shimasu
Perfective	亡命した	ぼうめいした	bōmei shita
Conjunctive	亡命して	ぼうめいして	bōmei shite
Hypothetical conditional	亡命すれば	ぼうめいすれば	bōmei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

1. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
亡	命

Noun

亡命 • (mangmyeong) (hangeul 망명)

1. Hanja form^? of 망명 (“asylum; exile”).