壽命じゅみょう

See also: 寿命じゅみょう

Chinese

		(long) life	life; fate
trad. (壽命じゅみょう)		壽ことぶき	命いのち
simp. (寿命じゅみょう)		寿ことぶき	命いのち

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòumìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ ming⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siū-miā

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siu⁷ mian⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòumìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòumìng
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: shòu-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showminq
    • Palladius: шоумин (šoumin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 受命じゅめい 壽命じゅみょう／寿命じゅみょう 授命

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau⁶ ming⁶
    • Yale: sauh mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² mɪŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 壽命じゅみょう／寿命じゅみょう 授命

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-miā
    • Tâi-lô: siū-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuxmia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹⁻²² miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu³³⁻¹¹ miã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu³³⁻²¹ miã³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siu⁷ mian⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siū miāⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu¹¹ mĩã¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyuwX|dzyuwH mjaengH

Rime
Character	壽ことぶき	壽ことぶき	命いのち
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	常つね (25)	常つね (25)	明あきら (4)
Final (韻いん)	尤ゆう (136)	尤ゆう (136)	庚かのえ (111)
Tone (調しらべ)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	III	III
Fanqie	殖ふえ酉とり切きり	承うけたまわ呪のろい切きり	眉まゆ病やまい切きり
Baxter	dzyuwX	dzyuwH	mjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨuX/	/d͡ʑɨuH/	/mˠiæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiuX/	/d͡ʑiuH/	/mᵚiaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiəuX/	/d͡ʑiəuH/	/miaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuwX/	/d͡ʑuwH/	/miajŋH/
Li Rong	/ʑiuX/	/ʑiuH/	/miɐŋH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭəuX/	/ʑĭəuH/	/mĭɐŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ə̯uX/	/ʑi̯ə̯uH/	/mi̯ɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shòu	shòu	mìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau6	sau6	ming6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N-t]uʔ|[N-t]uʔ-s  m-riŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djuʔ|djus  mreŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	壽ことぶき	壽ことぶき	命いのち
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shòu	shòu	mìng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyuwX ›	‹ dzyuwH ›	‹ mjængH ›
Old Chinese	/*[N-t]uʔ/	/*[N-t]uʔ-s/	/*m-riŋ-s/ (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-, *-iŋ> *-eŋ)
English	longevity	longevity	command (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	壽ことぶき	壽ことぶき	命いのち
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	11707	11709	8275
Phonetic component	壽ことぶき	壽ことぶき	令れい
Rime group	幽かそけ	幽かそけ	耕こう
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	受	授	命いのち
Old Chinese	/*djuʔ/	/*djus/	/*mreŋs/
Notes			令れい轉てん註字じ

Noun

壽命じゅみょう

1. life; lifespan

   • 永えい宜むべ厥身み，保ほ壽命じゅみょう只ただ。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     永えい宜むべ厥身み，保ほ寿命じゅみょう只ただ。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Yǒng yí jué shēn, bǎo shòumìng zhǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 禱祠名山めいざん諸しょ神かみ，以延のべ壽命じゅみょう。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     祷いのり祠ほこら名山めいざん诸神かみ，以延のべ寿命じゅみょう。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Dǎocí míngshān zhū shén, yǐ yán shòumìng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. product life; service life

Derived terms

• 平均へいきん壽命じゅみょう／平均へいきん寿命じゅみょう (píngjūn shòumìng)
• 預あずか期き壽命じゅみょう／预期寿命じゅみょう (yùqī shòumìng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (壽命じゅみょう):

• → Japanese: 寿命じゅみょう(じゅみょう) (jumyō)
• → Korean: 수명(壽命じゅみょう) (sumyeong)
• → Vietnamese: thọ mệnh (壽命じゅみょう)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
壽ことぶき	命いのち
じゅ Jinmeiyō	みょう Grade: 3
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 壽命じゅみょう – see the following entry.

【寿命じゅみょうじゅみょう】 [noun] age (whole duration of a being), lifespan [noun] being at the end of one's lifespan

(This term, 壽命じゅみょう, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
壽ことぶき	命いのち

Noun

壽命じゅみょう • (sumyeong) (hangeul 수명)

1. hanja form^? of 수명 (“lifespan”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
壽ことぶき	命いのち

Noun

壽命じゅみょう

1. chữ Hán form of thọ mệnh (“lifespan”).