掙命

掙命

Chinese

		to earn; to make (money); struggle	life; fate
trad. (掙命)		掙	命
simp. (挣命)		挣	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhèngmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqminq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngmìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/

Verb

掙命

1. to struggle for survival
2. (colloquial) to go to great lengths to accomplish something as if one's life depended on it

Synonyms

• (to go to great lengths):

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亡命 (wángmìng) 拚命 (pànmìng) 拼命 (pīnmìng) 搏命 (bómìng)

死拼 (sǐpīn) 玩命 (wánmìng) 破命 (Min Bei)