薄命

薄命

Chinese

		thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	life; fate
trad. (薄命)		薄	命
simp. #(薄命)		薄	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bómìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok⁶ ming⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): po̍k-bēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bómìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borminq
    • IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok⁶ ming⁶
    • Yale: bohk mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁹ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog⁶ ming⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚² mɪŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogbeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ³³/

Adjective

薄命

1. born under an unlucky star; born unlucky (usually of women); ill-fated

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 㾀勢命／㾀势命

Derived terms

佳人薄命 (jiārénbómìng)

自古紅顏多薄命／自古红颜多薄命 (zìgǔ hóngyán duō bómìng)