宿命

宿命

Chinese

		(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former	life; fate
simp. and trad. (宿命)		宿	命
Literally: “predestined life”.

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit जातिस्मर (jātismara, “recollecting a former existence; memory of previous births”). The Tibetan equivalent is ཚེ་རབས་དྲན་པ (tshe rabs dran pa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ ming⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): sok-miā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sùmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhminq
    • IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ ming⁶
    • Yale: sūk mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ ming⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ mɪŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-miā
    • Tâi-lô: sok-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokmia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ miã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ miã³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɨuk̚  mˠiæŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	宿	命
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息逐切	眉病切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨuk̚/	/mˠiæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/siuk̚/	/mᵚiaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/siuk̚/	/miaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suwk̚/	/miajŋH/
Li Rong	/siuk̚/	/miɐŋH/
Wang Li	/sĭuk̚/	/mĭɐŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯uk̚/	/mi̯ɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	su	mìng

Noun

宿命

1. (Buddhism) destiny; fate; fatality; karma

Synonyms

• (Buddhism) 命運／命运 (mìngyùn)
• (literary) 氣數／气数 (qìshù)
• 運道／运道 (yùndào)
• (literary or Hakka, Min Nan) 運命／运命 (yùnmìng)
• 運氣／运气 (yùnqi)

Derived terms

宿命論／宿命论 (sùmìnglùn)

宿命通

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宿命):

• → Japanese: 宿命 (しゅくめい) (shukumei)
• → Korean: 숙명 (宿命, sungmyeong)
• → Vietnamese: túc mệnh (宿命)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
宿	命
しゅく Grade: 3	めい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

宿命 (hiragana しゅくめい, rōmaji shukumei)

1. destiny

Compounds

• 宿命的
• 宿命論