命 (ming6 meng6 | ming4) : life; destiny; order

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命

ming6 meng6

ming4

[1] [n] life; lifespan
[2] [n] destiny; fate; lot
[3] [v,n] order; command; decree
[4] [v] assign (a name, title, etc)

(Classifier(s): 條)

Jyutping ming6 is literary reading; meng6 is colloquial.

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

命

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Aug 2013 01:22

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命硬 mng6 ngaang6 ming4ying4 = strong will to live; someone hard to kill; able to survive through hardship

救命 gau3 meng6 jiu4 ming4 = Help! ; to save sb's life

性命 sing3 ming6 xing4 ming4 = life

本命年 bun2 ming6 nin4 ben3 ming4 nian2 = year of one's birth sign

長命百歲 coeng4 ming6 baak3 seoi3 chang2 ming4 bai3 sui4 = live to be a hundred; live to a ripe old age

維他命 wai4 taa1 ming6 wei2 ta1 ming4 = vitamin

革命 gaak3 ming6 ge2 ming4 = revolution

搏命 bok3 meng6 = to risk one's life; strive to 粵

攞命 lo2 meng6 = terrible; awful 粵

要命 jiu3 meng6 yao4 ming4 = terrible; awful
See all 127 compounds (CantoDict reports 135 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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上次考試真係攞命。粵
The last exam was a real killer.

吸煙危害健康, 只要每日一枝, 已經足以致命
Smoking is very harmful; as long as you smoke one cigarette a day, it's enough to cause death

他用哈姆立克急救法救了我一命。國
He saved my life using the Heimlich Maneuver.

佢當時好慌，以為自己命不久矣粵
Thinking that her end was near, she panicked.

佢哋開緊會﹐好快就會決定數千員工嘅命運。粵
They are holding a meeting which would soon decide the fate of thousands of employees.
[The second part of this sentence is a relative clause. The Cantonese clause differs from the English one by omitting the relative pronoun "which". ]

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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