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命 mìng

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命 mìng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mìng | ming4
English translation
life
fate
order or command
to assign a name, title etc
life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction

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About 命 mìng

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

命 mìng

Contains the radical

口 kǒu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

An order 令 Líng given by mouth 口 kǒu

Etymology of 命 mìng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿹令口

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 口 kǒu represents the meaning and 令 Líng represents the sound. Originally 令 Líng and 命 mìng were variations of the same character.

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Example sentences using 命 mìng

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水灾 shuǐ zāi 夺 duó 走 zǒu 了 le 数百 shù bǎi 人 rén 的 de 生命 shēngmìng .

The flood claimed hundreds of lives.

一年后 Hòu ,他 tā 被 bèi 正式 zhèngshì 任命 rènmìng 为 wéi 县 xiàn 的 de 土地 tǔdì 测量 cèliáng 员 yuán .

He was appointed official county surveyor a year later.

法官 fǎ guān 命令 mìnglìng 将 jiāng 这 zhè 囚犯 qiú fàn 转 zhuǎn 押 yā 县 xiàn 监狱 jiānyù .

The judge ordered the prisoner ( to be ) transferred to the county jail.

她 tā 拚命 pàn mìng 憋 biē 住 zhù 了 le 抽泣 chōu qì .

She choked back a little sob.

递 dì 延 Yán 费用 fèi yòng 应当 yīng dāng 在 zài 其 qí 有效 yǒu xiào 经济 jīngjì 寿命 shòumìng 内 nèi 摊 tān 销 xiāo , 我国 wǒ guó 规定 guīdìng 的 de 摊销 tān xiāo 期 qī 不 bù 超过 chāoguò 10年 Nián .

Give delay charge to ought to be in its are effective the amortize inside economic life, the amortize that our country sets

Words with 命 mìng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
生命 shēngmìng living being生命 shēngmìng
命 mìng life命 mìng
革命 gémìng revolution革命 gémìng
命令 mìnglìng order命令 mìnglìng
命运 mìngyùn fate命運
救命 jiù mìng Save me!救命 jiù mìng
致命 zhì mìng fatal致命 zhì mìng
拼命 pīnmìng to do one's utmost拼命 pīnmìng
使命 shǐmìng set task使命 shǐmìng
性命 xìngmìng life性命 xìngmìng
命名 mìngmíng to dub命名 mìngmíng
任命 rènmìng to appoint任命 rènmìng
命中 mìng zhòng to hit (a target)命中 mìng zhòng
寿命 shòumìng life span壽命
待命 dài mìng to be on call待命 dài mìng
要命 yàomìng very要命 yàomìng
遵命 zūn mìng to do as you bid遵命 zūn mìng
文化大革命 Wén huà Dà gé mìng Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)文化大革命 Wén huà Dà gé mìng
反革命 fǎn gé mìng counterrevolutionary反革命 fǎn gé mìng
生命力 shēng mìng lì vitality生命力 shēng mìng lì
命题 mìng tí proposition (logic, math.)命題
人命 rén mìng human life人命 rén mìng
丧命 sàng mìng to lose one's life喪命
活命 huó mìng life活命 huó mìng
命案 mìng àn homicide case命案 mìng àn

命 mìng Decomposition & Compounds

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命 mìng Decomposition

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命 mìng Compounds

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