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): ㄕㄥㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ming⁶ sin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngmìngxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄇㄧㄥˋ 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 ɕjɛn⁵¹/
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

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

Synonyms

(lifeblood):

命根 (mìnggēn)
命根子 (mìnggēnzi)
大命 (dàmìng) (literary)

性命根 (Min Nan)
命脈／命脉 (mìngmài)

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