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使命

shǐ mìng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

使命 (shǐ mìng) means "mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 使命 means

1. mission
2. long-term task to which one devotes oneself
3. a calling

The characters in 使命

• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable
• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command

Example sentences

• 他身负机密使命。
  Tā shēn fù jīmì shǐmìng.
  He was charged with a secret mission.
• 他完成了他的使命。
  Tā wánchéng le tā de shǐmìng.
  He accomplished his mission.
• 今天的使命：奶茶跟麻糬。
  Jīntiān de shǐmìng: nǎichá gēn máshǔ.
  Today's mission: milk tea with mochi.
• “一家之主”是一份专业工作、事业和使命。
  "Yī jiā zhī zhǔ" shì yī fèn zhuānyè gōngzuò, shìyè hé shǐmìng.
  The "family manager" is a profession, occupation, vocation.

Where 使命 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shǐ mìng correctly.
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