續命

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Chinese

		continue; replenish	life; fate
trad. (續命)		續	命
simp. (续命)		续	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xùmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk⁶ ming⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xùmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syùmìng
  - Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-ming⁴
  - Yale: syù-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhminq
  - Palladius: сюймин (sjujmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zuk⁶ ming⁶
  - Yale: juhk mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁹ ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug⁶ ming⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚² mɪŋ²²/

Verb

續命

to maintain, prolong or extend one's life; to respawn
- 誰道五絲能續命？却令今日死君家！ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  谁道五丝能续命？却令今日死君家！ [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 713~755, 萬楚 (Wan Chu), Watching Performances by a Dancing Girl on the 5th Day of the 5th Lunar Month（《五日觀妓》）
  Shéi dào wǔsī néng xùmìng? Què lìng jīnrì sǐ jūn jiā!
  Who says winding arms with five-coloured silk thread
  Would prolong one's life?
  Right now I'm going to die in your house
  At seeing this bewitching girl before my eyes!

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