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Chinese
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sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
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life; fate
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simp. and trad.
(性命)
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性
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命
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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性
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命
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xìng
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mìng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sjengH ›
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‹ mjængH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*seŋ-s/
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/*m-riŋ-s/ (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-, *-iŋ> *-eŋ)
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| English
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nature
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command (n.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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性
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命
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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11358
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8275
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Phonetic
component
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生
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令
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Rime
group
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耕
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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性
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命
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Old
Chinese
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/*sleŋs/
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/*mreŋs/
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| Notes
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令轉註字
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Noun
性命
- life; survival
- 性命交關／性命交关 ― xìngmìng jiāoguān ― vitally important (lit. related to life)
- 性命圭旨 ― xìngmìng guīzhǐ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
- 一口氣／一口气 (yīkǒuqì) (figurative)
- 命仔 (meng6 zai2) (Cantonese)
- 活命 (huómìng)
- 生命 (shēngmìng)
Derived terms
Descendants
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