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命

mìng

HSK 4 Character

What 命 means

1. life
2. fate
3. order or command
4. to assign a name, title etc

Example sentences

• 救命！
  Jiùmìng!
  Help!
• 遵命！
  Yes sir!
• 拼命地跑
  Pīnmìng de pǎo
  Run like your life depends on it.
• 救命呀！
  Help me!
• 快救命啊！
  Kuài jiùmìng ā!
  Quick, help me!
• 革命万岁！
  Gémìng wànsuì!
  Long live the Revolution!

Words starting with 命

• 命运mìng yùnfate; destiny
• 命令mìng lìngorder; command
• 命名mìng míngto give a name to; to dub; to christen
• 命题mìng típroposition (logic, math.); to assign an essay topic
• 命中mìng zhòngto hit (a target)
• 命案mìng ànhomicide case; murder case
• 命中注定mìng zhōng zhù dìngdecreed by fate (idiom); destined; fated
• 命中率mìng zhòng lǜhit rate; scoring rate
• 命苦mìng kǔto be born under an ill star
• 命脉mìng màilifeline
• 命大mìng dàlucky (to have escaped death or serious injury)
• 命定mìng dìngto be predestined
• 命根mìng gēnlifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life…
• 命理mìng lǐthe traditional Chinese study of fate and fortune, using methods such as birth-date…
• 命相mìng xiànghoroscope
• 命门mìng mén(TCM) the right kidney; (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys…
• 命名日mìng míng rìname day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)
• 命名法mìng míng fǎnomenclature
• 命理学mìng lǐ xuédivination; divinatory art
• 命名系统mìng míng xì tǒngsystem of nomenclature
• 命令列mìng lìng liècommand line (computing) (Tw)
• 命令行mìng lìng háng(computing) command line
• 命危mìng wēi(medicine) in a critical condition
• 命途mìng túthe course of one's life; one's fate

Words containing 命

• 生命shēng mìnglife (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature
• 革命gé mìngto withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)…
• 寿命shòu mìnglife span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
• 拼命pīn mìngto do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs…
• 要命yào mìngto cause sb's death; extremely; terribly; (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance
• 使命shǐ mìngmission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
• 任命rèn mìngto appoint; (job) appointment
• 性命xìng mìnglife
• 文化大革命Wén huà Dà gé mìngCultural Revolution (1966-1976)
• 致命zhì mìngfatal; mortal; deadly
• 救命jiù mìngto save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me!
• 反革命fǎn gé mìngcounterrevolutionary
• 生命力shēng mìng lìvitality
• 算命suàn mìngfortune-telling; to tell fortune
• 宿命sù mìngpredestination; karma
• 人命rén mìnghuman life
• 奉命fèng mìngto receive orders; to follow orders; to act under orders
• 相依为命xiāng yī wéi mìngmutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent
• 辛亥革命Xīn hài Gé mìngXinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
• 逃命táo mìngto escape; to flee; to run for one's life
• 受命shòu mìngordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel
• 没命méi mìngto lose one's life; to die; recklessly
• 死命sǐ mìngdoom; death; desperately
• 革命家gé mìng jiāa revolutionary

Characters that look like 命

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 希xīto hope; to admire; variant of 稀
• 帝dì(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms
• 牵qiānto lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve
• 孛bèicomet
• 佘Shésurname She