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生命

shēng mìng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 条

生命 (shēng mìng) means "life (as the characteristic of living beings)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 生命 means

1. life (as the characteristic of living beings)
2. living being; creature

The characters in 生命

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command

Example sentences

• 我爱生命。
  I love life.
• 这就是生命。
  This is the life.
• 水就是生命。
  Water is life.
• 生命是美丽的。
  Life is beautiful.
• 我爱我的生命。
  I love my life.
• 水是生命的源泉。
  Shuǐ shì shēngmìng de yuánquán.
  Life cannot exist without water.

Words starting with 生命

• 生命力shēng mìng lìvitality
• 生命线shēng mìng xiànlifeline
• 生命带shēng mìng dài(neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt…
• 生命科学shēng mìng kē xuélife sciences
• 生命多样性shēng mìng duō yàng xìngbiodiversity
• 生命在于运动shēng mìng zài yú yùn dònglife is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations)…
• 生命周期shēng mìng zhōu qīlife cycle
• 生命危险shēng mìng wēi xiǎnrisk to one's life
• 生命体征shēng mìng tǐ zhēngvital signs
• 生命不息，战斗不止shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐwhile there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
• 生命征象shēng mìng zhēng xiàngsee 生命体征
• 生命迹象shēng mìng jì xiàngsee 生命体征
• 生命吠陀Shēng mìng fèi tuósee 阿育吠陀

Words containing 生命

• 无生命wú shēng mìngnon-living; inanimate; lifeless
• 冒生命危险mào shēng mìng wēi xiǎnto risk one's life
• 寒武纪生命大爆发Hán wǔ jì shēng mìng dà bào fāthe Cambrian explosion

Where 生命 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Health & body (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shēng mìng correctly.
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