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拼命

pīn mìng

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

拼命 (pīn mìng) means "to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 拼命 means

1. to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it

The characters in 拼命

• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…
• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command

Example sentences

• 拼命地跑
  Pīnmìng de pǎo
  Run like your life depends on it.
• 我拼命地跑。
  I ran as fast as I could.
• 可能你工作得太拼命？
  Kěnéng nǐ gōngzuò de tài pīnmìng?
  Maybe you're working too hard.
• 汤姆拼命地忍住笑声。
  Tom was trying hard not to laugh out loud.
• 这么拼命工作有什么意义？
  Zhème pīnmìng gōngzuò yǒu shénme yìyì?
  What's the sense of working so hard?
• 这幺拼命工作有什幺意义？
  What's the sense of working so hard?

Words starting with 拼命

• 拼命讨好pīn mìng tǎo hǎoto throw oneself at sb or sth; to bend over backwards to help
• 拼命三郎pīn mìng sān lángbrave man, willing to risk his life

Where 拼命 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · pīn–pǐn (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 pīn mìng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.