效命

Chinese

		effect; efficacy; imitate	life; fate
simp. and trad. (效命)		效	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàomìng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ ming⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-bēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàomìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàomìng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-ming⁴
  - Yale: syàu-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawminq
  - Palladius: сяомин (sjaomin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau⁶ ming⁶
  - Yale: haauh mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hao⁶ ming⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²² mɪŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxbeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hau²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² biɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ biɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ biɪŋ³³/

Verb

效命

(literary) to go all out to serve

Derived terms

臨危效命 / 临危效命