命
Ancient forms
4 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
Example sentences
- He saved my life at the risk of his own.
HSK words with 命
- 生命 shēngmìng life (as the characteristic of living beings)
- 命运 mìngyùn fate; destiny
- 命令 mìnglìng order
- 救命 jiùmìng to save sb's life
- 革命 gémìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)
- 拼命 pīnmìng 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
- 使命 shǐmìng mission
- 致命 zhìmìng fatal
- 命名 mìngmíng to give a name to
- 性命 xìngmìng life
- 任命 rènmìng to appoint
- 要命 yàomìng to cause sb's death
- 寿命 shòumìng life span
- 命题 mìngtí proposition (logic, math.)
- 相依为命 xiāngyīwéimìng mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival
- 生命线 shēngmìngxiàn lifeline