# 使命
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shǐmìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si$^3$ ming$^6$ / si$^5$ ming$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu$^2$ men$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-min
    (Hailu, HRS): sii$^ˊ$ min$^˖$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sé̤ṳ-miâng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): so$^3$ ming$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sír-bēng / sú-bēng / sù-bēng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sai$^2$ mêng$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǐmìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhmìng
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^3$-ming$^4$
*** Yale: shř-mìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyminq
*** Palladius: шимин (šimin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^3$ ming$^6$ / si$^5$ ming$^6$
*** Yale: si mihng / síh mihng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^3$ ming$^6$ / si$^5$ ming$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^3$ ming$^6$ / xi$^5$ ming$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː³³ mɪŋ²²/, /siː¹³ mɪŋ²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhu$^2$ men$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬu⁵⁵ ᵐben³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-min
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii$^ˋ$ min
*** Hagfa Pinyim: si$^3$ min$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ min⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii$^ˊ$ min$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴⁻³³ min³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sé̤ṳ-miâng
*** Sinological IPA : /sy²¹³⁻⁵³ miɑŋ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: so$^3$ ming$^5$ [Phonetic: so$^2$ ming$^5$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seô-mīng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬo⁴⁵³⁻¹³ miŋ²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: so$^3$ ming$^5$ [Phonetic: so$^2$ ming$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬɵ³³²⁻¹³ miŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír-bēng
*** Tâi-lô: sír-bīng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-bēng
*** Tâi-lô: sú-bīng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sw'beng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-bēng
*** Tâi-lô: sù-bīng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suo'beng
*** IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ biɪŋ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sai$^2$ mêng$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sái mĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /sai⁵²⁻³⁵ meŋ³⁵/

### Noun

使命
* (diplomatic, figuratively) mission; set task; assignment
    歷史使命／历史使命 ― lìshǐ shǐmìng ― historical mission

#### Usage notes

Generally, 任務／任务 (rènwù) refers to an ordinary task, while 使命 (shǐmìng) refers to a task of some importance.

#### Derived terms

* 不辱使命 (bùrǔshǐmìng)
* 使命感 (shǐmìnggǎn)
* 大使命 (Dà Shǐmìng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 使(し)命(めい) (shimei)
* → Korean: 사명(使命) (samyeong)
* → Vietnamese: sứ mệnh (使命)

#### See also

* 任務／任务 (rènwù)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 使 | 命 |
| し Grade: 3 | めい Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しめー [shíꜜmèè] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɕime̞ː]

### Noun

使(し)命(めい) • (shimei)
* mission, errand, message

#### Derived terms

* 使命感(しめいかん) (shimeikan): sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
* 使命者(しめいしゃ) (shimeisha): messenger
* 使命(しめい)を果(は)たす (shimei o hatasu): carry out a mission
* 使命(しめい)を帯(お)びる (shimei o obiru): be charged with a mission

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 使 | 命 |

### Noun

使命 • (samyeong) (hangeul 사명)
* hanja form of 사명 (“vocation; mission”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 使 | 命 |

### Noun

使命
* chữ Hán form of sứ mệnh (“mission; assignment”).