唯命是從

唯命是從

Chinese

		yes; only; alone	life; fate	be; yes; this	from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried
trad. (唯命是從)		唯	命	是	從
simp. (唯命是从)		唯	命	是	从
variant forms		惟命是從／惟命是从

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéimìngshìcóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ ming⁶ si⁶ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wéimìngshìcóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiminqshyhtsorng
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ ming⁶ si⁶ cung⁴
    • Yale: wàih mihng sih chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ ming⁶ si⁶ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ ming⁶ xi⁶ cung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ mɪŋ²² siː²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiuɪ  mˠiæŋ^H  d͡ʑiᴇ^X  d͡zɨoŋ/▼

Rime
Character	唯	命	是	從
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1	1/3
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	明 (4)	常 (25)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	庚 (111)	支 (11)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	以追切	眉病切	承紙切	疾容切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuɪ/	/mˠiæŋH/	/d͡ʑiᴇX/	/d͡zɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷi/	/mᵚiaŋH/	/d͡ʑiɛX/	/d͡zioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/juɪ/	/miaŋH/	/d͡ʑjɛX/	/d͡zioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwi/	/miajŋH/	/d͡ʑiə̆X/	/d͡zuawŋ/
Li Rong	/ui/	/miɐŋH/	/ʑieX/	/d͡zioŋ/
Wang Li	/jwi/	/mĭɐŋH/	/ʑǐeX/	/d͡zĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/wi/	/mi̯ɐŋH/	/ʑie̯X/	/d͡zʱi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	mìng	shì	cóng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷij  m-riŋ-s  [d]eʔ  [dz]oŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷi  mreŋs  djeʔ  zloŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	唯	命	是	從
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wéi	mìng	shì	cóng
Middle Chinese	‹ ywij ›	‹ mjængH ›	‹ dzyeX ›	‹ dzjowng ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷij/ (< *ɢʷuj?)	/*m-riŋ-s/ (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-, *-iŋ> *-eŋ)	/*[d]eʔ/	/*[dz]oŋ/
English	only	command (n.)	this	to follow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	唯	命	是	從
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1	2/3
No.	12854	8275	11645	1858
Phonetic component	唯	令	是	从
Rime group	脂	耕	支	東
Rime subdivision	2	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	惟	命	是	從
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷi/	/*mreŋs/	/*djeʔ/	/*zloŋ/
Notes	本象隹鳴，鷕即其轉註異構， 非隹聲	令轉註字	金文從早從止， 馬敘倫謂正加射的。按象對準目標行進， 表所行正確

Idiom

唯命是從

1. to follow orders as if one's life depended on it; to do what one is told without fail

Synonyms

• 唯命是聽／唯命是听 (wéimìngshìtīng)