聽天安命

聽天安命

Chinese

		let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	day; sky; heaven	to be resigned to one's fate; to be content with one's lot
trad. (聽天安命)		聽	天	安命
simp. (听天安命)		听	天	安命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīngtiān'ānmìng, tìngtiān'ānmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˋ, ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting³ tin¹ on¹ ming⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: tīngtiān'ānmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingtiananminq
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: tìngtiān'ānmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tinqtiananminq
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ting³ tin¹ on¹ ming⁶
    • Yale: ting tīn ōn mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting³ tin¹ on¹ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting³ tin¹ on¹ ming⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²²/

Idiom

聽天安命

1. Synonym of 聽天由命／听天由命 (tīngtiānyóumìng, “to resign oneself to fate; to be reconciled to one's lot”).