mìng

life; fate; order or command

HSK 4 #258

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 258th character
Radical ⼝ (30.5)
Strokes 8
Index # 1168

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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Words containing 命

Word Meaning
to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
self-righteous; think oneself better
(fig.) fatal weakness; mortal wound; Achilles' heel
old democratic revolution
old democratic revolution
executive order
to be resigned to sth
commandment
commandment
murder for money or property
bourgeois revolution; middle-class revolution
bourgeois revolution in Marxist theory
to pour in one's utmost effort
lit. the body is the revolution's capital
lit. the body is the revolution's capital
Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
fate; one's fortune
fate; one's fortune
disobedient
disobedient
long life and wealth; wish you long life, riches
wish you long life and wealth
variant of yǔn mìng; to die; to perish
variant of yǔn mìng; to die; to perish