(mìng) - life, fate, to order in Mandarin
mìngTraditional: 命
Translation
life, fate, to order
Word origin
A compound of 令 (lìng, to command) with 口 (kǒu, mouth) added, originally meaning a command issued aloud, and by extension the destiny or life decreed for a person.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 令 (lìng, command) + 口 (kǒu, mouth)
Stroke order
命
Examples
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The doctor saved his life.
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This is simply fate.
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He nearly lost his life.
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The general ordered the soldiers to advance.
预。
A person's fate is hard to foresee.
命 (mìng) means life, fate, or to order. It is used for one's existence, one's destiny, and the giving of commands.
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Appears in 4 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 命.
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