賣命

See also: 卖命

Chinese

	sell	life; fate
trad. (賣命)	賣	命
simp. (卖命)	卖	命
Literally: “to sell one's life”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): màimìng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ meng⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mai-miang

(Hailu, HRS): mai^˖ miang^˖

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): me⁵ miang⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bōe-miā / bē-miā / māi-bēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màimìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màimìng
  - Wade–Giles: mai⁴-ming⁴
  - Yale: mài-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayminq
  - Palladius: маймин (majmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màimìngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màimìngr
  - Wade–Giles: mai⁴-ming⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: mài-mìngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maymienql
  - Palladius: майминр (majminr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miɤ̯̃ɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁶ meng⁶
  - Yale: maaih mehng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ meng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ méng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² mɛːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mai-miang
  - Hakka Romanization System: mai miang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mai⁴ miang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mai̯⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: mai^˖ miang^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /mai³³ miaŋ³³/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: me⁵ miang⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /me²¹ miaŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-miā
  - Tâi-lô: buē-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boexmia
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bue⁴¹⁻²² miã⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ miã³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bue²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-miā
  - Tâi-lô: bē-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexmia
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /be²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ miã³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: māi-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maixbeng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mãi²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁴¹⁻²² biɪŋ⁴¹/

Verb

賣命

to work one's fingers to the bone for; to pour in one's utmost effort

Derived terms

典身賣命 / 典身卖命

References

周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “卖命”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 396.
徐兆泉 (2009), “賣命”, in 臺灣四縣腔海陸腔客家話辭典 [Hakka Dictionary of Taiwan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Taipei: SMC Publishing Inc..