要命

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	life; fate
trad. (要命)		要	命
simp. ^#(要命)		要	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàomìng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ meng⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-bēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàomìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàomìng
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-ming⁴
  - Yale: yàu-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawminq
  - Palladius: яомин (jaomin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ meng⁶
  - Yale: yiu mehng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ meng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ méng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ mɛːŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iao'beng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²²/

Verb

要命

to cause death

Synonyms

致命 (zhìmìng)

Adjective

要命

annoying; irritating
dangerous; perilous
extreme
熱得要命／热得要命 ― rè de yàomìng ― terribly hot

Usage notes

When 要命 is used to mean "extreme", it is usually used as a complement after an adjective and 得 (de). When used in this construction, it can be translated as "extremely", "awfully" or "terribly".

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 攞命／𫽋命
(Min Nan) 買命／买命
(extreme): 半死 (bànsǐ); (Hokkien) 半小死, 半囝, 半倒死

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