# 唯命是從
## Chinese

| | | yes; only; alone | life; fate | be; yes; this | from; obey; observefrom; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried |
| trad. (唯命是從) | trad. (唯命是從) | 唯 | 命 | 是 | 從 |
| simp. (唯命是从) | simp. (唯命是从) | 唯 | 命 | 是 | 从 |
| alternative forms | alternative forms | 惟命是從／惟命是从 | 惟命是從／惟命是从 | 惟命是從／惟命是从 | 惟命是從／惟命是从 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wéimìngshìcóng
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^4$ ming$^6$ si$^6$ cung$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wéimìngshìcóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wéimìngshìhcóng
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^2$-ming$^4$-shih$^4$-tsʻung$^2$
*** Yale: wéi-mìng-shr̀-tsúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiminqshyhtsorng
*** Palladius: вэйминшицун (vɛjminšicun)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯³⁵ miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^4$ ming$^6$ si$^6$ cung$^4$
*** Yale: wàih mihng sih chùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^4$ ming$^6$ si$^6$ tsung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^4$ ming$^6$ xi$^6$ cung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²¹ mɪŋ²² siː²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: ywij mjaengH dzyeX dzjowng
Rime :
| Character | 唯 | 命 | 是 | 從 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) | 明 (4) | 常 (25) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (16) | 庚 (111) | 支 (11) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 以追切 | 眉病切 | 承紙切 | 疾容切 |
| Baxter | ywij | mjaengH | dzyeX | dzjowng |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiuɪ/ | /mˠiæŋ$^H$/ | /d͡ʑiᴇ$^X$/ | /d͡zɨoŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jʷi/ | /mᵚiaŋ$^H$/ | /d͡ʑiɛ$^X$/ | /d͡zioŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /juɪ/ | /miaŋ$^H$/ | /d͡ʑjɛ$^X$/ | /d͡zioŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jwi/ | /miajŋ$^H$/ | /d͡ʑiə̆$^X$/ | /d͡zuawŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ui/ | /miɐŋ$^H$/ | /ʑie$^X$/ | /d͡zioŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /jwi/ | /mĭɐŋ$^H$/ | /ʑǐe$^X$/ | /d͡zĭwoŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /wi/ | /mi̯ɐŋ$^H$/ | /ʑie̯$^X$/ | /d͡zʱi̯woŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wéi | mìng | shì | cóng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^4$ | ming$^6$ | si$^6$ | cung$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷij m-riŋ-s [d]eʔ [dz]oŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷi mreŋs djeʔ zloŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 唯 | 命 | 是 | 從 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wéi | mìng | shì | cóng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ywij › | ‹ mjæng$^H$ › | ‹ dzye$^X$ › | ‹ dzjowng › |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷij/ (< *ɢʷuj?) | /*m-riŋ-s/ (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-, *-iŋ> *-eŋ) | /*[d]eʔ/ | /*[dz]oŋ/ |
| English | only | command (n.) | this | to follow |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 唯 | 命 | 是 | 從 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 2/3 |
| No. | 12854 | 8275 | 11645 | 1858 |
| Phonetic component | 唯 | 令 | 是 | 从 |
| Rime group | 脂 | 耕 | 支 | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 惟 | 命 | 是 | 從 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷi/ | /*mreŋs/ | /*djeʔ/ | /*zloŋ/ |
| Notes | 本象隹鳴，鷕即其轉註異構， 非隹聲 | 令轉註字 | 金文從早從止， 馬敘倫謂正加射的。按象對準目標行進， 表所行正確 | |

### Idiom

唯命是從
* to follow orders as if one's life depended on it; to do what one is told without fail

#### Synonyms

* 唯命是聽／唯命是听 (wéimìngshìtīng)