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 15699 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

聽命 ting3 ming6 ting1 ming4 = to follow orders

壽命 sau6 ming6 shou4 ming4 = life expectancy; life span

使命 si3 ming6 shi3 ming4 = a (diplomatic, religious etc.) mission

生命 sang1 ming6 sheng1 ming4 = life

生命力 sang1 ming6 lik6 sheng1 ming4 li4 = life force; vitality

任命 jam6 ming6 ren4 ming4 = to nominate and appoint

晒命 saai3 meng6 = swank, to show off, to boast 粵

拚命 pun3 meng6 pan4 ming4 = to do one's utmost

命運 meng6/ming6 wan6 ming4 yun4 = destiny, fate

反革命 faan2 gaak3 ming6 fan3 ge2 ming4 = counter-revolution; counterrevolution; counterrevolutionary

命令 ming6 ling6 ming4 ling4 = order, command; behest, mandate, dictate

短命 dyun2 meng6 duan3 ming4 = die young (often a curse), be short-lived, ephemeral, ephemerality

聽天由命 ting3 tin1 jau4 ming6 = submit to the will of Heaven; trust to luck

致命 zi3 ming6 zhi4 ming4 = causing death; fatal; fatality; lethal

催命鬼 ceoi1 meng6 gwai2 cui1 ming4 gui3 = a prodder

催命符 ceoi1 meng6 fu4 = a written Taoistic spell which is supposed to hasten a person's death

命水 meng6 seoi2 = fortune, fate 粵

曬命 saai3 meng6 = swank, to show off, to boast 粵

催命 ceoi1 meng6 cui1 ming4 = to persistently press or urge someone

不聽命 bat1 ting3 ming6 bu4 ting1 ming4 = disobey 國

命名 ming6 ming4 ming4 ming2 = to name; the naming of

算命 syun3 meng6 suan4 ming4 = fortune-telling

對證命名 deoi3 zing3 ming6 ming4 dui4 zheng4 ming4 ming2 = confrontation naming

命脈 ming6 mak6 ming4 mai4 = lifeline

命運註定 ming6 wan6 zyu3 ding6 ming4 yun4 zhu4 ding4 = to ordain

命題 ming6 tai4 ming4 ti2 = proposition

奔命 ban1 ming6 ben1 ming4 = to rush about

安身立命 on1 san1 lap6 ming6 an1 shen1 li4 ming4 = to settle down and pursue one's interests

拼命 ping3 meng6 pin1 ming4 = to risk one's life

授命 sau6 ming6 shou4 ming4 = to give orders

無生命 mou4 sang1 ming6 wu2 sheng1 ming4 = lifeless; still; inert

斃命 bai6 ming6 bi4 ming4 = to meet a violent death; be killed in a violent manner

生命跡象 sang1 ming6 zik1 zoeng6 sheng1 ming4 ji1 xiang4 = sign of life

生命線 sang1 ming6 sin3 sheng1 ming4 xian4 = lifeline

生命科學 sang1 ming6 fo1 hok6 sheng1 ming4 ke1 xue2 = life sciences

命名作業 ming6 ming4 zok3 jip6 ming4 ming2 zuo4 ye4 = naming task

公民抗命 gung1 man4 kong3 ming6 gong1 min2 kang4 ming4 = civil disobedience

命案 meng6 on3 ming4 an4 = a homicide case; a homicide

卦命先生 gwaa3 meng6 sin1 saang1 = [n] a fortune teller

養命 joeng5 meng6 = [v] to sustain one's life

半條命 bun3 tiu4 meng6 ban4 tiao2 ming4 = a half-life

革命家 gaak3 ming6 gaa1 ge2 ming4 jia1 = revolutionist

命令組合 ming6 ling6 zou2 hap6 ming4 ling4 zu3 he2 = macro

性命交關 sing3 meng6 gaau1 gwaan1 xing4 ming4 jiao1 guan1 = (a matter) of life and death; of vital importance

致命要害 zi3 ming6 jiu3 hoi6 zhi4 ming4 yao4 hai4 = Achilles' heel

算命先生 syun3 meng6 sin1 saang1 = a fortune teller

搏老命 bok3 lou5 meng6 = to put everything one has into something

大命 daai6 meng6 = lucky, having had a narrow escape (also 命大) 粵

命大 meng6 daai6 = lucky, having had a narrow escape

吊命 diu3 meng6 = to be hardly surviving; to be dependent on a source of money to survive

亡命 mong4 ming6 wang2 ming4 = to flee, go into exile (from prison)

亡命之徒 mong4 ming6 zi1 tou4 wang2 ming4 zhi1 tu2 = a ruffian; a desperado

生命危險 sang1 ming6 ngai4 him2 sheng1 ming4 wei1 xian3 = mortal danger

宿命 suk1 ming6 su4 ming4 = predestination, fatality

救命圈 gau3 meng6 hyun1 jiu4 ming4 quan1 = a lifebuoy

生命不息 sang1 ming6 bat1 sik1 sheng1 ming4 bu4 xi1*2 = as long as one lives

條命 tiu4 meng6 = life 粵

天命 tin1 ming6 tian1 ming4 = "Mandate of Heaven"; destiny, fate; one's life span

絕命書 zyut6 ming6 syu1 jue2 ming4 shu1 = a suicide note

使命感 si3 ming6 gam2 shi3 ming4 gan3 = feeling of duty

命中 ming6 zung3 ming4 zhong4 = hit the target (or mark); score a hit

為民請命 wai6 man4 cing2 ming6 wei4 min2 qing3 ming4 = plead in the name of the people, plead for the people

革命鬥志 gaak3 ming6 dau3 zi3 ge2 ming4 dou4 zhi4 = fighting will; fighting spirit

心甘命抵 sam1 gam1 meng6 dai2 xin1 gan1 ming4 di3 = to perfectly happy to do; most willing to do

有錢冇命享 jau5 cin4*2 mou5 meng6 hoeng2 = have a lot of money but no life in which to spend it 粵

長命 coeng4 meng6 chang2 ming4 = longevity

長命雨 coeng4 meng6 jyu5 = continuously cloudy or rainy weather 粵

長命斜 coeng4 meng6 ce3 = a steep slope 粵

長命債長命還 coeng4 meng6 zaai3 coeng4 meng6 waan4 = to repay a debt slowly 粵

認命 jing6 ming6 ren4 ming4 = [adj] resigned; [v] to accept, to be resigned to one's fate

柴魚命 caai4 jyu4*2 meng6 chai2 yu2 ming4 = spare the rod, spoil the child 粵

命中註定我愛你 ming6 zung1 zyu3 ding6 ngo5 oi3 nei5 ming4 zhong1 zhu4 ding4 wo3 ai4 ni3 = It is fate that I love you

命不久矣 ming6 bat1 gau2 ji5 ming4 bu4 jiu3 yi3 = about to die; near the end of its life

奀挑鬼命 ngan1 tiu1 gwai2 meng6 = extremely skinny and frail 粵

候命 hau6 ming6 hou4 ming4 = on standby; to await orders

長命富貴 coeng4 meng6 fu3 gwai3 chang2 ming4 fu4 gui4 = We wish you long life and riches! (lit., "long life, abundant riches")

生命週期 sang1 ming6 zau1 kei4 sheng1 ming4 zhou1 qi1 (PRC) / qi2 (Taiwan) = a life cycle

落地喊三聲好醜命生成 lok6 dei6 haam3 saam3 seng1 hou2 cau2 ming4 sang1 sing4 = one's life is fated and pre-destined 粵

撲心撲命 pok3 sam1 pok3 meng6 pu1 xin1 pu1 ming4 = put all ones effort and energy into; to do sth. tirelessly 粵

一命嗚呼 jat1 ming6 wu1 fu1 yi2 ming4 wu1 hu1 = breathe one's last

奪命 dyut6 ming6 duo2 ming4 = a life plucked away; a life taken away by force

搞出人命 gaau2 ceot1 jan4 meng6 gao3 chu1 ren2 ming4 = do sth. that get someone killed; (slang) get pregnant

收買人命 sau1 maai5 jan4 meng6 shou1 mai3 ren2 ming4 = to kill sb. 粵

揸頸就命 zaa1 geng2 zau6 meng6 zha1 jing3 jiu4 ming4 = yield to one's circumstances; temporarily bear with; give into to one's fate; reluctantly accept one's lot 粵

算命佬 syun3 meng6 lou2 suan4 ming4 lao3 = a fortune-teller 粵

趕頭趕命 gon2 tau4 gon4 meng6 = in a great hurry 粵

身家性命財產 san1 gaa1 sing3 ming6 coi4 caan2 = everything one has 粵

逃命 tou4 meng6 tao2 ming4 = escape; run for one's life

條命凍過水 tiu4 meng6 dung3 gwo3 seoi2 tiao2 ming4 dong4 guo4 shui3 = of one\'s life to be in imminent danger; looming danger 粵

辛亥革命 san1 hoi6 gaak3 ming6 = Hsinhai Revolution

遵命 zyun1 ming6 zun1 ming4 = to follow your orders

真命天子 zan1 ming6 tin1 zi2 zhen1 ming4 tian1 zi3 = 1. a person ordained by heaven to become the emperor 2. a guy predistened to become a women's spouse

喪命 song3 meng6 sang4 ming4 = lose one's life; die

謀財害命 mau4 coi4 hoi6 ming6 mou2 cai hai4 ming4 = conspire to murder and rob

身家性命 san1 gaa1 sing3 ming6 shen1 jia1 xing4 ming4 = the safety of oneself and that of one's family

福大命大 fuk1 daai6 meng6 daai6 fu2 da4 ming4 da4 = be very lucky; have lot's of luck (in escaping misfortune etc.)

攞人命 lo2 jan4 meng6 luo3 ren2 ming4 = take sb's life; of conditions to be bad enough to almost kill sb. 粵

奉命 fung6 ming6 feng4 ming4 = follow orders

玩命 waan2 meng6 wan2 ming4 = play with one's life

執番條命 zap1 faan1 tiu4 meng6 zhi2 fan1 tiao2 ming4 = barely escape death 粵

文化大革命 man4 faa3 daai6 gaak3 ming6 wen2 hua4 da4 ge2 ming4 = Great Cultural Revolution

生命多樣性 sang1 ming6 do1 joeng6 sing3 sheng1 ming4 duo1 yang4 xing4 = biodiversity

工業革命 gung1 jip6 gaak3 ming6 gong1 ye4 ge2 ming4 = the Industrial Revolution

饒命 jiu4 meng6 rao2 ming4 = to spare one's life; "spare me!"

相依為命 soeng1 ji1 wai4 ming6 xiang1 yi1 wei2 ming4 = to rely on one another through thick and thin

恭敬不如從命 gung1 ging3 bat1 jyu4 cung4 ming6 gong1 jing4 bu4 ru2 cong2 ming4 = obedience is greater than politeness

人命關天 jan4 ming6 gwaan1 tin1 ren2 ming4 guan1 tian1 = a life and death issue

死於非命 sei2 jyu1 fei1 ming6 si3 yu2 fei1 ming4 = die of an unnatural death; die under violent circumstances

知命之年 zi1 ming6 zi1 nin4 zhi1 ming4 zhi1 nian2 = 50 years old; to be a quinquagenarian

命途多舛 ming6 tou4 do1 cyun2 ming4 tu2 duo1 chuan3 = to be met with countless setback's throughout one's life

命途 ming6 tou4 ming4 tu2 = one's fate in life

命運多蹇 ming6 wan6 do1 gin2 ming4 yun4 duo1 jian3 = to have an unfortunate lot in life; to face many adverse circumstances in life

宿命論 suk1 ming6 leon6 su4 ming4 lun4 = fatalism

命途乖舛 ming6 tou4 gwaai1 cyun2 ming4 tu2 guai1 chuan3 = a tragic life; an unlucky life; an ill-fated life

性命攸關 sing3 ming6 jau4 gwaan1 xing4 ming4 you1 guan1 = a matter of life and death

草菅人命 cou2 gaan1 jan4 meng6 cao3 jian1 ren2 ming4 = treat human life with indifference

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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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