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  ming6 meng6   jyutping
  ming4   pinyin
[1] [n] life; lifespan
[2] [n] destiny; fate; lot
[3] [v,n] order; command; decree
[4] [v] assign (a name, title, etc)

Jyutping ming6 is literary reading; meng6 is colloquial.
nounAdditional PoS: verb
Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: (#30)

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

This word has been viewed 15611 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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detail  mng6 ngaang6  ming4ying4 = strong will to live; someone hard to kill; able to survive through hardship
detail  gau3 meng6  jiu4 ming4 = Help! ; to save sb's life
detail  sing3 ming6  xing4 ming4 = life
detail  bun2 ming6 nin4  ben3 ming4 nian2 = year of one's birth sign
detail  coeng4 ming6 baak3 seoi3  chang2 ming4 bai3 sui4 = live to be a hundred; live to a ripe old age
detail  wai4 taa1 ming6  wei2 ta1 ming4 = vitamin
detail  gaak3 ming6  ge2 ming4 = revolution
detail  bok3 meng6   = to risk one's life; strive to
detail  lo2 meng6   = terrible; awful
detail  jiu3 meng6  yao4 ming4 = terrible; awful
See all 127 compounds (CantoDict reports 135 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 命
detail 上次考試真係攞命
The last exam was a real killer.
detail audio 吸煙危害健康, 只要每日, 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
detail 他用哈姆立克急救法
He saved my life using the Heimlich Maneuver.
detail 當時以為自己命不久矣
Thinking that her end was near, she panicked.
detail 佢哋開緊會決定員工命運
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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