性命根

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìⁿ-miā-kun / sèⁿ-miā-kin

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìⁿ-miā-kun
    • Tâi-lô: sìnn-miā-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviemiaxkwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹⁻²² kun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴/
  • (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. (Southern Min) lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes the most in life

Synonyms

• 命根 (mìnggēn)
• 命根子 (mìnggēnzi)
• 命脈／命脉 (mìngmài)
• 大命 (dàmìng) (literary)
• 生命線／生命线 (shēngmìngxiàn)