命 mìng

1. mìng noun life
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 爱财不爱命 'to love wealth more than life' (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' n 1; Suyu, p. 3; Unihan '命')
2. mìng verb to order
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 差遣 or 下命令 (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' v 1; Kroll 2015 '命' 1, p. 311)
3. mìng noun destiny; fate; luck
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A Confucian and general Chinese belief (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' n 2; Kroll 2015 '命' 3a, p. 311; Unihan '命'; Yao 2000, p. 26)
4. mìng noun an order; a command
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' n 3; ; Kroll 2015 '命' 1a, p. 311; Unihan '命')
5. mìng verb to name; to assign
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 取定; for example, 命名 'to give a name' (Guoyu '命' v 2; Kroll 2015 '命' 2, p. 311)
6. mìng noun livelihood
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   
7. mìng noun advice
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '命' 1b, p. 311)
8. mìng verb to confer a title
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '命' 2a, p. 311)
9. mìng noun lifespan
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '命' 3, p. 311)
10. mìng verb to think
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 以为 (Guoyu '命' v 3)

Contained in

• 本命年 year of one's birth sign
• 威尊命贱(威尊命賤) orders weightier than life
• 一命呜呼(一命嗚呼) to die; to breathe one's last breath
• 大革命 a great revolution
• 寿命(壽命) life span; life expectancy
• 尊命 your order (honorific)
• 灵命(靈命) the will of Heaven; the will of God
• 相依为命(相依為命) to depend on one another for survival
• 天命真主 the mandate of heaven is the true ruler
• 甲基安非他命 methamphetamine
• 戒命 prohibition
• 从命(從命) to obey an order; to comply; to do somebody's bidding; to do as requested
• 诏命(詔命) imperial proclamation
• 革命将要胜利(革命將要勝利) approaching triumph of the revolution
• 受命以来(受命以來) after I accepted my orders
• 长命百岁(長命百歲) [may you live] a long life of a hundred years
• 将受命于君(將受命於君) a general receives his commands from the ruler
• 命归黄泉(命歸黃泉) to return to the Yellow Springs; to die
• 索命 to demand somebody's life
• 陨命(隕命) to die; to perish
• 命在旦夕 to be at death's door
• 革命要依靠人民群众(革命要依靠人民群眾) the revolution must rely on the masses
• 嗜酒如命 to love wine as one's life; fond of the bottle
• 天命成败(天命成敗) success and failure are determined by the mandate of heaven
• 受命乎天 the mandate is received from Heaven
• 八字命理 divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
• 五十而知天命 at fifty, I understood the mandate of heaven
• 人命关天(人命關天) human life is beyond value
• 用命 to follow orders; to abide by; to obey
• 朝命暮改 the morning's orders changed in the evening
• 使命 a mission ; a task ; responsibility
• 三军用命(三軍用命) (of a team) to throw oneself into the battle
• 生死有命 life and death are ruled by fate
• 顾命(顧命) Testamentary Charge ; the edict of a former emperor ; to consider life
• 反革命派 counter-revolutionary
• 命蹇 bad luck
• 认知革命(認知革命) cognitive revolution
• 命定论(命定論) fatalism
• 人命 human life ; human life span
• 大命 the Mandate of Heaven ; a command from the ruler ; lifespan ; a great matter
• 苦命 bitter fate
• 算命者 fortune-teller
• 运命(運命) fate; one's fortune
• 天命有归(天命有歸) the mandate of heaven has an ending
• 生命 life ; living ; vivid; lively

Also contained in

命令行 、 四一二反革命政变 、 法国革命 、 光荣革命 、 作命内史 、 文化大革命

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 118
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 85
• 卷四百六十六 列傳第二百二十五 宦者一 竇神寶 王仁睿 王繼恩 李神福弟:神祐 劉承規 閻承翰 秦翰 周懷政 張崇貴 張繼能 衛紹欽 石知顒孫:全彬 鄧守恩 Volume 466 Biographies 225: Eunuchs 1 - Dou Shenbao, Wang Renrui, Wang Jien, Li Shenfu and younger brother: Shen You, Liu Chenggui, Yan Chenghan, Qin Han, Zhou Huaizheng, Zhang Chonggui, Zhang Jineng, Wei Shaoqin, Shi Zhiyong and grandson: Quan Bin, Deng Shouen History of Song 宋史 — count: 72
• 卷三百二十一 列傳第二百〇九 外國二 安南 Volume 321 Biographies 209: Foreign States 2 - Annan History of Ming 明史 — count: 65
• 卷三十五　本紀第三十五: 文宗四 Volume 35 Annals 35: Wenzong 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 64
• 卷二十八 本紀第二十八 高宗五 Volume 28 Annals 28: Gaozong 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 63
• 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 63
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 63
• 卷三十　　列傳第十八:　盧玄 盧柔 盧觀 盧同 盧誕 Volume 30 Biographies 18: Lu Xuan, Lu Rou, Lu Guan, Lu Tong, Lu Dan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 62
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 62

Collocations

• 王命 (王命) 王命南仲 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧出車 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Chu Che — count: 17
• 有成命 (有成命) 昊天有成命 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧清廟之什‧昊天有成命 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Qing Miao - Hao Tian You Cheng Ming — count: 6
• 命召 (命召) 王命召伯 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧崧高 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Song Gao — count: 5
• 天永命 (天永命) 祈天永命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 召誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement of the Duke of Shao — count: 3
• 申命 (申命) 申命羲叔 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 堯典 Yu Shu - Canon of Yao — count: 3
• 命羲 (命羲) 乃命羲和 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 堯典 Yu Shu - Canon of Yao — count: 3
• 命不易 (命不易) 駿命不易 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧文王 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Wen Wang — count: 3
• 请命 (請命) 其大夫為之請命乎天子之使 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧無衣 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Wu Yi — count: 3
• 休命 (休命) 疇敢不祗若王之休命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命上（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue I (forged) — count: 3
• 不恭命 (不恭命) 汝不恭命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 甘誓 Xia Shu - Speech at Gan — count: 3