性命 xìngmìng

HSK level

Traditional form

性命 xìngmìng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

性 xìng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 xīn represents the meaning and 生 shēng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

生 shēng

Semantic compound

忄 xīn

Positional decomposition

⿰忄生

Number of Strokes

命 mìng

Type

ideographic

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.

Positional decomposition

⿹令口

Number of Strokes

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我 wǒ 发誓 fāshì 愿 yuàn 为 wéi 那些 nà xiē 不在乎 bù zài hu 我 wǒ 的 de 人 rén 冒险 màoxiǎn 陪上我的性命 xìngmìng 吗 mǎ ?

I pledge to risk my life for those who don't care about mine?

他 tā 差点儿 chà diǎn r 丢 diū 了 le 性命 xìngmìng .

He came very near to losing his life.

我们 wǒmen 已经 yǐjīng 失去 shīqù 了 le 一切 yīqiè ，不过 bùguò 谢天谢地 xiè tiān xiè dì ，总算 zǒngsuàn 是 shì 保住 bǎo zhù 了 le 性命 xìngmìng 。

We have lost everything, but thank God, our lives have been spared.

他 tā 宁肯 nìngkěn 在 zài 比赛 bǐsài 中 Zhōng 丢 diū 了 le 性命 xìngmìng 也 Yě 不愿 bù yuàn 在 zài 医院 yīyuàn 里 lǐ 苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn 。

He would rather be killed in a race than die a lingering death in hospital.

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 性命 xìngmìng and their own compounds.

性 xìng

生 shēng

一 yī , 牛 Niú

忄 xīn

命 mìng

叩 kòu

口 kǒu , 卩 jié

亼 jí

一 yī , 人 rén

See all 1 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 性命 xìngmìng in their composition.

性 xìng

命 mìng

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