使命

使命

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	life; fate
simp. and trad. (使命)		使	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ ming⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-min
• Min Dong (BUC): sé̤ṳ-miâng
• Min Nan (POJ): sír-bēng / sú-bēng / sù-bēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǐmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyminq
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ ming⁶
    • Yale: si mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ ming⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /siː³³ mɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-min
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii` min
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ min⁴
    • IPA: /sɨ³¹ min⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sé̤ṳ-miâng
    • IPA ^(key): /sy²¹³⁻⁵³ miɑŋ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: sír-bīng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: sú-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'beng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: sù-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'beng
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ biɪŋ³³/

Noun

使命

1. mission
2. set task; assignment

Derived terms

使命感 (shǐmìnggǎn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
使	命
し Grade: 3	めい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

使命 (hiragana しめい, rōmaji shimei)

1. mission, errand, message

Derived terms

• 使 (し)命 (めい)者 (しゃ) (shimeisha): messenger
• 使 (し)命 (めい)を果 (は)たす (shimei o hatasu): carry out a mission
• 使 (し)命 (めい)を帯 (お)びる (shimei o obiru): be charged with a mission