償命

Chinese

		to compensate; pay back; to recompense	life; fate
trad. (償命)		償	命
simp. (偿命)		偿	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chángmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ ming⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sóng-miang
Min Nan (POJ): siông-miā / siâng-miā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: chángmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngminq
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    償命／偿命
    長命／长命
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁴ ming⁶
  - Yale: sèuhng mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ ming⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ mɪŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sóng-miang
  - Hakka Romanization System: song` miang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: song³ miang⁴
  - IPA: /soŋ³¹ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-miā
  - Tâi-lô: siông-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongmia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² miã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ miã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ²³⁻³³ miã³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² miã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng-miā
  - Tâi-lô: siâng-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangmia
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ¹³⁻²² miã²²/

Verb

償命

to pay a life for a life; to pay with one's life

Derived terms

打死人不償命／打死人不偿命
殺人償命／杀人偿命

殺人償命，欠債還錢／杀人偿命，欠债还钱 (shārén chángmìng, qiànzhài huánqián)

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