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ming6 meng6
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[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.
Additional PoS: Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: 口 (#30)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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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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命硬 mng6 ngaang6 = strong will to live; someone hard to kill; able to survive through hardship 救命 gau3 meng6 = Help! ; to save sb's life 性命 sing3 ming6 = life 本命年 bun2 ming6 nin4 = year of one's birth sign 長命百歲 coeng4 ming6 baak3 seoi3 = live to be a hundred; live to a ripe old age 維他命 wai4 taa1 ming6 = vitamin 革命 gaak3 ming6 = revolution 搏命 bok3 meng6 = to risk one's life; strive to 粵 攞命 lo2 meng6 = terrible; awful 粵 要命 jiu3 meng6 = terrible; awful See all 127 compounds (CantoDict reports 135 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 5 examples containing 命
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
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". ] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |