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 disobey; to refuse to accept orders; against orders
to spare sb's life
hit rate; scoring rate
lifeline
(coll.) family jewels (male genitals)
lifeline
(idiom) terribly busy; up to one's ears in work
unfortunate; bitter fate; hard lot
to be born under an ill star
exerting all one's strength
to die; to perish
to have disregard for human life (idiom)
fig. to pressurize sb continually; to press sb to death
to give orders
a revolutionary
horoscope
to be kept on the run; to rush about on errands
settle down and get on with one's pursuit
fatalism; fatalistic
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
to take reckless risks; to gamble with life
suicide note
murder for money or property
to report on completion of a mission; debriefing