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要命 yàomìng

要命 yàomìng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 要命 yàomìng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yàomìng | yao4 ming4
English translation
to cause sb's death
very
extremely
frightening
annoying

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Traditional form

要命 yàomìng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 要命 yàomìng

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yāo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of two hands grabbing a woman's waist. The current meaning "want" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning "waist" is now written as yāo .

Positional decomposition

覀女

Number of Strokes

9
mìng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

令口

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 要命 yàomìng

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吃什 me fàn ? 饿 è 要命 yàomìng .

What's for dinner? I could eat a horse.

zhè gǒu 要命 yàomìng .

He dog was mad for water.

zhè liǎ 小家伙淘得要命 yàomìng , xiǎn 积极 jījí ya , hēi !

Mischievous little beggars they are, both of them, but talk about keenness!

duì lǎo 夫妇 fūfù hěn Lěng ,所以 suǒyǐ 房间 fángjiān 烧得要命 yàomìng .

The old couple was cold - blooded and kept their house terribly hot.

tuǐ làn le .化脓 huà nóng le . bàn . téng 要命 yàomìng !

The leg rotted. Fester. Do how. Ache confoundedly!

要命 yàomìng Decomposition

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 要命 yàomìng and their own compounds.

要命 yàomìng Compounds

See all 13 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 要命 yàomìng in their composition.

  • yāo
    • yāo , yāo , jiào , yǎo , yāo , fiào , yǎo , , biáo , yǎo , ,
  • mìng
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