小命

小命

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	life; fate
simp. and trad. (小命)		小	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎomìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² meng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎomìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauminq
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ miŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎomìngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumienglh
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mjɤ̃ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² meng⁶
    • Yale: síu mehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² meng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² méng⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ mɛːŋ²²/

Noun

小命

1. (informal) one's life (as something that is easily lost)