pīnyīn
pin1yin1
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ
simplified
traditional
命
命
ming4
life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
strokes
8
radical
strokes after radical
5
K他命
K他命
- ta1 ming4
ketamine (C13H16ClNO) (slang)
爱财如命
愛財如命
ai4 cai2 ru2 ming4
lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom); fig. avaricious; tightfisted
碍难从命
礙難從命
ai4 nan2 cong2 ming4
difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply
爱之如命
愛之如命
ai4 zhi1 ru2 ming4
inordinately fond of sth; lit. to love it as one's life
安非他命
安非他命
an1 fei1 ta1 ming4
amphetamine (medical) (loanword)
安身立命
安身立命
an1 shen1 li4 ming4
settle down and get on with one's pursuit
八宝山革命公墓
八寶山革命公墓
ba1 bao3 shan1 ge2 ming4 gong1 mu4
Mt Babao Revolutionary Cemetery in Haidian district of Beijing
半条命
半條命
ban4 tiao2 ming4
half a life; only half alive; barely alive; (scared, beaten etc) half to death
保命
保命
bao3 ming4
to save one's life; to survive
奔命
奔命
ben1 ming4
to rush about on errands; to be kept on the run
本命年
本命年
ben3 ming4 nian2
year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支
毕命
畢命
bi4 ming4
to die (in an accident etc); to have one's life cut short
毙命
斃命
bi4 ming4
to meet violent death; to get killed
薄命
薄命
bo2 ming4
to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women); to be born unlucky
不听命
不聽命
bu4 ting1 ming4
to disobey
草菅人命
草菅人命
cao3 jian1 ren2 ming4
human life as grass (idiom); to kill people like scything grass; a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen
偿命
償命
chang2 ming4
to pay with one's life
长命富贵
長命富貴
chang2 ming4 fu4 gui4
We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)
出人命
出人命
chu1 ren2 ming4
fatal; resulting in sb's death
从命
從命
cong2 ming4
to obey an order; to comply; to do sb's bidding; to do as requested
催命
催命
cui1 ming4
to press sb to death; fig. to pressurize sb continually
待命
待命
dai4 ming4
to be on call; to be on standby
丢命
丟命
diu1 ming4
to die
短命
短命
duan3 ming4
to die young; short-lived
短命鬼
短命鬼
duan3 ming4 gui3
sb who dies prematurely
对证命名
對證命名
dui4 zheng4 ming4 ming2
confrontation naming
耳提面命
耳提面命
er3 ti2 mian4 ming4
to give sincere advice (idiom); to exhort earnestly
二次革命
二次革命
er4 ci4 ge2 ming4
second revolution; campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords
法国大革命
法國大革命
fa3 guo2 da4 ge2 ming4
French Revolution (1789-1799)
法国革命
法國革命
fa3 guo2 ge2 ming4
French Revolution (1789)
反革命
反革命
fan3 ge2 ming4
counterrevolutionary
反革命宣传煽动罪
反革命宣傳煽動罪
fan3 ge2 ming4 xuan1 chuan2 shan1 dong4 zui4
the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda
方命
方命
fang1 ming4
against orders; to disobey; to refuse to accept orders
非命
非命
fei1 ming4
violent death; killed in a disaster
非致命
非致命
fei1 zhi4 ming4
not fatal; not life-threatening (medical condition)
奉命
奉命
feng4 ming4
to receive orders; to follow orders; to act under orders
复命
復命
fu4 ming4
to report on completion of a mission; debriefing
敢不从命
敢不從命
gan3 bu4 cong2 ming4
to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)
革命
革命
ge2 ming4
revolution; revolutionary (politics)
革命家
革命家
ge2 ming4 jia1
a revolutionary
革命烈士
革命烈士
ge2 ming4 lie4 shi4
martyr of the revolution
革命先烈
革命先烈
ge2 ming4 xian1 lie4
martyr to the revolution
革命性
革命性
ge2 ming4 xing4
revolutionary
恭敬不如从命
恭敬不如從命
gong1 jing4 bu4 ru2 cong2 ming4
deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom); (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
工业革命
工業革命
gong1 ye4 ge2 ming4
Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830
光荣革命
光榮革命
guang1 rong2 ge2 ming4
Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)
国民革命军
國民革命軍
guo2 min2 ge2 ming4 jun1
National Revolutionary Army
害命
害命
hai4 ming4
to kill sb; to murder
寒武纪生命大爆发
寒武紀生命大爆發
han2 wu3 ji4 sheng1 ming4 da4 bao4 fa1
the Cambrian explosion
好命
好命
hao3 ming4
lucky; blessed with good fortune
狠命
狠命
hen3 ming4
exerting all one's strength
红颜薄命
紅顏薄命
hong2 yan2 bo2 ming4
beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
活命
活命
huo2 ming4
life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living
甲基安非他命
甲基安非他命
jia3 ji1 an1 fei1 ta1 ming4
methamphetamine
诫命
誡命
jie4 ming4
commandment
戒命
戒命
jie4 ming4
prohibition
借命
借命
jie4 ming4
to live out a pointless existence
旧民主主义革命
舊民主主義革命
jiu4 min2 zhu3 zhu3 yi4 ge2 ming4
old democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
救命
救命
jiu4 ming4
to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me!
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
救人一命勝造七級浮屠
jiu4 ren2 yi1 ming4 sheng4 zao4 qi1 ji2 fu2 tu2
saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
捐命
捐命
juan1 ming4
to lay down one's life
绝命
絕命
jue2 ming4
to commit suicide; to have one's life cut short
绝命书
絕命書
jue2 ming4 shu1
suicide note
抗命
抗命
kang4 ming4
against orders; to disobey; to refuse to accept orders
克他命
克他命
ke4 ta1 ming4
ketamine (loanword)
苦命
苦命
ku3 ming4
hard lot; bitter fate; unfortunate
乐天知命
樂天知命
le4 tian1 zhi1 ming4
to be content with what one is
临危授命
臨危授命
lin2 wei1 shou4 ming4
to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
灵命
靈命
ling2 ming4
the will of Heaven; the will of God
领命
領命
ling3 ming4
to accept an order
禄命
祿命
lu4 ming4
person's lot through life
卖命
賣命
mai4 ming4
to throw one's life in for; to haplessly give one's life for; to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group; to pour in one's utmost effort; to shed one's last ounce of strength for
冒生命危险
冒生命危險
mao4 sheng1 ming4 wei1 xian3
to risk one's life
没命
沒命
mei2 ming4
to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately
民主革命
民主革命
min2 zhu3 ge2 ming4
democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
命案
命案
ming4 an4
homicide case; murder case
命薄
命薄
ming4 bo2
to be unlucky
命不久已
命不久已
ming4 bu4 jiu3 yi3
at death's door
命定
命定
ming4 ding4
to be predestined
命赴黄泉
命赴黃泉
ming4 fu4 huang2 quan2
to visit the Yellow Springs; to die
命根
命根
ming4 gen1
lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals)
命根子
命根子
ming4 gen1 zi5
see 命根
命归黄泉
命歸黃泉
ming4 gui1 huang2 quan2
lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉 (idiom); fig. to die; to meet one's end
命苦
命苦
ming4 ku3
to be born under an ill star
命理学
命理學
ming4 li3 xue2
numerology
命令
命令
ming4 ling4
order; command
命令行
命令行
ming4 ling4 hang2
command line (computing)
命令句
命令句
ming4 ling4 ju4
imperative sentence
命脉
命脈
ming4 mai4
lifeline
命名
命名
ming4 ming2
to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
命名法
命名法
ming4 ming2 fa3
nomenclature
命名日
命名日
ming4 ming2 ri4
name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)
命名系统
命名系統
ming4 ming2 xi4 tong3
system of nomenclature
命名作业
命名作業
ming4 ming2 zuo4 ye4
naming task
命盘
命盤
ming4 pan2
natal chart (astrology)
命题
命題
ming4 ti2
proposition (logic, math.); to assign an essay topic
命题逻辑
命題邏輯
ming4 ti2 luo2 ji5
propositional logic
命途
命途
ming4 tu2
the course of one's life; one's fate
命途多舛
命途多舛
ming4 tu2 duo1 chuan3
to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
命途坎坷
命途坎坷
ming4 tu2 kan3 ke3
to have a tough life; to meet much adversity in one's life
命危
命危
ming4 wei1
critical; life threatening (medicine)
命相
命相
ming4 xiang4
horoscope
命运
命運
ming4 yun4
fate; destiny
命在旦夕
命在旦夕
ming4 zai4 dan4 xi1
to be at death's door (idiom)
命中注定
命中註定
ming4 zhong1 zhu4 ding4
decreed by fate (idiom); destined; fated
命中
命中
ming4 zhong4
to hit (a target)
命中率
命中率
ming4 zhong4 lv4
hit rate; scoring rate
谋财害命
謀財害命
mou2 cai2 hai4 ming4
to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
拚命
拚命
pan4 ming4
see 拼命
批命
批命
pi1 ming4
to tell sb's fortune
疲于奔命
疲於奔命
pi2 yu2 ben1 ming4
lit. tired of constantly running for one's life (idiom); terribly busy; up to one's ears in work
拼命
拼命
pin1 ming4
to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
拼命三郎
拼命三郎
pin1 ming4 san1 lang2
brave man, willing to risk his life
拼命讨好
拼命討好
pin1 ming4 tao3 hao3
to throw oneself at sb or sth; to bend over backwards to help
平均寿命
平均壽命
ping2 jun1 shou4 ming4
life expectancy
钦命
欽命
qin1 ming4
Imperial order or edict (old)
饶命
饒命
rao2 ming4
to spare sb's life
人命
人命
ren2 ming4
human life
人命关天
人命關天
ren2 ming4 guan1 tian1
human life is beyond value (idiom)
任命
任命
ren4 ming4
to appoint and nominate; (job) appointment
认命
認命
ren4 ming4
to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate; to be resigned to sth
三军用命
三軍用命
san1 jun1 yong4 ming4
(of a team) to throw oneself into the battle
丧命
喪命
sang4 ming4
to lose one's life
舍命
捨命
she3 ming4
to risk one's life
申命记
申命記
shen1 ming4 ji4
Book of Deuteronomy; Fifth Book of Moses
生命
生命
sheng1 ming4
life; living; biological
生命不息，战斗不止
生命不息，戰鬥不止
sheng1 ming4 bu4 xi1 - zhan4 dou4 bu4 zhi3
while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
生命多样性
生命多樣性
sheng1 ming4 duo1 yang4 xing4
生 命 多 样 性 shēng mìng duō yàng xìng
biodiversity
生命吠陀
生命吠陀
sheng1 ming4 fei4 tuo2
Ayurveda (ancient Indian system and health care philosophy); also written 阿育吠陀
生命迹象
生命跡象
sheng1 ming4 ji4 xiang4
sign of life
生命科学
生命科學
sheng1 ming4 ke1 xue2
life sciences
生命力
生命力
sheng1 ming4 li4
vitality
生命线
生命線
sheng1 ming4 xian4
lifeline
生命在于运动
生命在於運動
sheng1 ming4 zai4 yu2 yun4 dong4
life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations); Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle).; Life derives from physical exercise.
生命征象
生命徵象
sheng1 ming4 zheng1 xiang4
vital signs
生命周期
生命週期
sheng1 ming4 zhou1 qi1
life cycle
生死有命
生死有命
sheng1 si3 you3 ming4
life and death are ruled by fate (idiom)
时乖命蹇
時乖命蹇
shi2 guai1 ming4 jian3
bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
十月革命
十月革命
shi2 yue4 ge2 ming4
October Revolution
使命
使命
shi3 ming4
mission (diplomatic or other); set task
嗜酒如命
嗜酒如命
shi4 jiu3 ru2 ming4
to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
授命
授命
shou4 ming4
to give orders
受命
受命
shou4 ming4
ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel
寿命
壽命
shou4 ming4
life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
寿命不长
壽命不長
shou4 ming4 bu4 chang2
one's days are numbered; not to have long to live (often fig.)
受命于天
受命于天
shou4 ming4 yu2 tian1
to become Emperor by the grace of Heaven; to "receive the Mandate of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
受洗命名
受洗命名
shou4 xi3 ming4 ming2
to be christened
数字命理学
數字命理學
shu4 zi4 ming4 li3 xue2
numerology
死命
死命
si3 ming4
doom; death; desperately
死于非命
死於非命
si3 yu2 fei1 ming4
violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster; an unnatural death
姒文命
姒文命
si4 wen2 ming4
Si Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great 大禹
四一二反革命政变
四一二反革命政變
si4 yi1 er4 fan3 ge2 ming4 zheng4 bian4
counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
送命
送命
song4 ming4
to lose one's life; to get killed
宿命
宿命
su4 ming4
predestination; karma
宿命论
宿命論
su4 ming4 lun4
fatalism; fatalistic
肃清反革命分子
肅清反革命份子
su4 qing1 fan3 ge2 ming4 fen4 zi3
purge of counterrevolutionaries (esp. Stalin's purges of the 1930 and Mao's purges 1955-57); abbr. to 肅反|肃反
算命
算命
suan4 ming4
fortune-telling; to tell fortune
算命家
算命家
suan4 ming4 jia1
fortune-teller
算命先生
算命先生
suan4 ming4 xian1 sheng5
fortune-teller
算命者
算命者
suan4 ming4 zhe3
fortune-teller
随时待命
隨時待命
sui2 shi2 dai4 ming4
on call; always available; ready at all times
索命
索命
suo3 ming4
to demand sb's life
汤武革命
湯武革命
tang1 wu3 ge2 ming4
the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|商汤, of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王
逃命
逃命
tao2 ming4
to escape; to flee; to run for one's life
天命
天命
tian1 ming4
Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span
听命
聽命
ting1 ming4
to obey an order; to take orders; to accept a state of affairs
听天安命
聽天安命
ting1 tian1 an1 ming4
to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)
听天由命
聽天由命
ting1 tian1 you2 ming4
to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
图财害命
圖財害命
tu2 cai2 hai4 ming4
see 謀財害命|谋财害命
玩儿命
玩兒命
wan2 er5 ming4
to gamble with life; to take reckless risks
亡命
亡命
wang2 ming4
to flee; to go into exile (from prison)
亡命之徒
亡命之徒
wang2 ming4 zhi1 tu2
runaway (idiom); desperate criminal; fugitive
威尊命贱
威尊命賤
wei1 zun1 ming4 jian4
orders weightier than life
违命
違命
wei2 ming4
disobedient; to violate the Mandate of Heaven (天命)
唯命是从
唯命是從
wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2
to follow obediently
惟命是听
惟命是聽
wei2 ming4 shi4 ting1
see 唯命是從|唯命是从
维他命
維他命
wei2 ta1 ming4
vitamin (loanword)
维它命
維它命
wei2 ta1 ming4
variant of 維他命|维他命
未命名
未命名
wei4 ming4 ming2
untitled; unnamed; no name; nameless; unknown name
文化大革命
文化大革命
wen2 hua4 da4 ge2 ming4
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
无生命
無生命
wu2 sheng1 ming4
inert; lifeless
相命者
相命者
xiang1 ming4 zhe3
fortune teller
相依为命
相依為命
xiang1 yi1 wei2 ming4
mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent
辛亥革命
辛亥革命
xin1 hai4 ge2 ming4
Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
新民主主义革命
新民主主義革命
xin1 min2 zhu3 zhu3 yi4 ge2 ming4
New Democracy Revolution
星命家
星命家
xing1 ming4 jia1
astrologer (esp. Daoist)
行政命令
行政命令
xing2 zheng4 ming4 ling4
executive order
性命
性命
xing4 ming4
life
性命攸关
性命攸關
xing4 ming4 you1 guan1
vitally important; a matter of life and death
性质命题
性質命題
xing4 zhi4 ming4 ti2
categorical proposition (logic)
要命
要命
yao4 ming4
to cause sb's death; very; extremely; frightening; annoying
一命归天
一命歸天
yi1 ming4 gui1 tian1
see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼
一命归西
一命歸西
yi1 ming4 gui1 xi1
see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼
一命归阴
一命歸陰
yi1 ming4 gui1 yin1
see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼
一命呜呼
一命嗚呼
yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1
to die (idiom); to breathe one's last; to give up the ghost
一钱如命
一錢如命
yi1 qian2 ru2 ming4
stingy; penny-pinching
以人名命名
以人名命名
yi3 ren2 ming2 ming4 ming2
to name sth after a person; named after; eponymous
应急待命
應急待命
ying4 ji2 dai4 ming4
emergency standby; to be on standby
用命
用命
yong4 ming4
to follow orders; to abide by; to obey
怨命
怨命
yuan4 ming4
to complain about one's fate; to bemoan one's lot
殒命
殞命
yun3 ming4
to die; to perish
陨命
隕命
yun3 ming4
variant of 殞命|殒命; to die; to perish
运命
運命
yun4 ming4
fate; one's fortune
真命
真命
zhen1 ming4
to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc); ordained by heaven
直言命题
直言命題
zhi2 yan2 ming4 ti2
categorical proposition (logic)
致命
致命
zhi4 ming4
fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life
致命伤
致命傷
zhi4 ming4 shang1
mortal wound; (fig.) fatal weakness; Achilles' heel
中国国民党革命委员会
中國國民黨革命委員會
zhong1 guo2 guo2 min2 dang3 ge2 ming4 wei3 yuan2 hui4
Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
资产阶级革命
資產階級革命
zi1 chan3 jie1 ji2 ge2 ming4
bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
自命
自命
zi4 ming4
to consider oneself to be (sth positive)
自命不凡
自命不凡
zi4 ming4 bu4 fan2
to think too much of oneself; self-important; arrogant
自命清高
自命清高
zi4 ming4 qing1 gao1
to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous; holier-than-thou
尊命
尊命
zun1 ming4
your order (honorific)
遵命
遵命
zun1 ming4
to follow your orders; to do as you bid