生命線

Chinese

		life	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (生命線/生命綫)		生命	線/綫
simp. (生命线)		生命	线
alternative forms		生命綫／生命线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngmìngxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ming⁶ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngmìngxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengmìngsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-ming⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: shēng-mìng-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengminqshiann
    • Palladius: шэнминсянь (šɛnminsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ ming⁶ sin³
    • Yale: sāng mihng sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ ming⁶ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ ming⁶ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²² siːn³³/

Noun

生命線

1. lifeblood; essential component; lifeline
2. (palmistry) lifeline
3. (Malaysia, Taiwan) lifeline (a source of salvation in a crisis)

Synonyms

• (lifeblood):

• 命根 (mìnggēn)
• 命根子 (mìnggēnzi)
• 命脈／命脉 (mìngmài)
• 大命 (dàmìng) (literary)
• 性命根 (Hokkien)