聽天命

Chinese

		let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	the myriad of things in nature which make up the law of nature or natural law
trad. (聽天命)		聽	天命
simp. (听天命)		听	天命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tīngtiānmìng, tìngtiānmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥㄊㄧㄢㄇㄧㄥˋ, ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄇㄧㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tīngtiānmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥㄊㄧㄢㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tingtianmìng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻing¹-tʻien¹-ming⁴
  - Yale: tīng-tyān-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingtianminq
  - Palladius: тинтяньмин (tintjanʹmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tìngtiānmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tìngtianmìng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻing⁴-tʻien¹-ming⁴
  - Yale: tìng-tyān-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tinqtianminq
  - Palladius: тинтяньмин (tintjanʹmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

Verb

聽天命

Synonym of 聽天由命／听天由命 (tīngtiānyóumìng, “to resign oneself to fate; to be reconciled to one's lot”)

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