搏命

Chinese

		fight; combat; seize	life; fate
trad. (搏命)		搏	命
simp. #(搏命)		搏	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bómìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ meng⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): bog⁶ miang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bómìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bómìng
    • Wade–Giles: po²-ming⁴
    • Yale: bwó-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borminq
    • Palladius: бомин (bomin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³ meng⁶
    • Yale: bok mehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ meng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³ méng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ mɛːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bog⁶ miang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pɔk̚⁵ miaŋ⁵³/

Verb

搏⫽命 (verb-object)

1. to go to great lengths to accomplish something as if one's life depended on it

   搏嗮老命 [Cantonese]  ―  bok³ saai³ lou⁵ meng⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to go to great lengths

Synonyms

• 亡命 (wángmìng)
• 拚命 (pànmìng)
• 拼命 (pīnmìng)
• 掙命／挣命 (zhèngmìng) (colloquial)
• 死拼 (sǐpīn)
• 玩命 (wánmìng)
• 破命 (Northern Min)