要命

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	life; fate
simp. and trad. (要命)		要	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàomìng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ meng⁶
Min Nan (POJ): iàu-bēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yàomìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawminq
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ meng⁶
  - Yale: yiu mehng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ meng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ méng⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ mɛːŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iao'beng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²²/

Verb

要命

to cause death

Adjective

要命

Adverb

要命

very; extremely; awfully; terribly

熱得要命 / 热得要命 ― rè de yàomìng ― terribly hot

Usage notes

When 要命 is used as adverb, it is always placed after 得 (de) - and the 得 (de) is always preceded by an adjective.

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