性命根

性命根

Chinese

		life; survival	radical (chem.); root; basis
simp. and trad. (性命根)		性命	根

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): sìⁿ-miā-kun / sèⁿ-miā-kin

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìⁿ-miā-kun
    • Tâi-lô: sìnn-miā-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviemiaxkwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕĩ²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹⁻²² kun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèⁿ-miā-kin
    • Tâi-lô: sènn-miā-kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sveamiaxkyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²⁻²¹ kin⁴⁴/

Noun

性命根

1. (Min Nan) lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes the most in life

Synonyms

• 命根 (mìnggēn)