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

• 致命 fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life
• 知命 to know one's destiny
• 将命(將命) to follow orders; to convey orders
• 生命迹象(生命跡象) vital signs
• 救人一命胜造七级浮屠(救人一命勝造七級浮屠) saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda
• 拼命讨好(拼命討好) to throw oneself at somebody or something; to bend over backwards to help
• 反革命宣传煽动罪(反革命宣傳煽動罪) the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda
• 知命安身 to know one's fate and submit to it
• 算命家 fortune-teller
• 偿命(償命) to repay with one's life
• 好命 lucky; blessed with good fortune
• 用命 to follow orders; to abide by; to obey
• 身体是革命的本钱(身體是革命的本錢) the body is the revolution's capital; good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying)
• 革命烈士 martyr of the revolution
• 宿命 predestination; destiny
• 敕命 an order; a command
• 丢命(丟命) to die
• 爱惜性命(愛惜性命) cling to life
• 全命 full name
• 生死有命 life and death are ruled by fate
• 拼命 to do one's utmost
• 冒生命危险(冒生命危險) to risk one's life
• 命途坎坷 to have a tough life; to meet much adversity in one's life
• 生命体征(生命體徵) vital signs
• 受命于天 to become Emperor by the grace of Heaven
• 未命名 untitled; unnamed; no name; nameless; unknown name
• 丧命(喪命) to be killed
• 灵命(靈命) the will of Heaven; the will of God
• 抗命 to go against orders; to disobey; to refuse to accept orders
• 索命 to demand somebody's life
• 捐命 to lay down one's life
• 出人命 fatal
• 简命(簡命) to appoint
• 命运(命運) fate; destiny
• 狠命 exerting all one's strength
• 生命力 vitality
• 司命 Overseer of Destiny
• 命归黄泉(命歸黃泉) to return to the Yellow Springs; to die
• 方命 against orders; to disobey; to refuse to accept orders
• 革命先烈 martyr to the revolution
• 政命 an official government order
• 碍难从命(礙難從命) difficult to obey orders; much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply
• 暗害人命 to secretly harm someone
• 危及生命 life endangering
• 活命 life ; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living
• 命题逻辑(命題邏輯) propositional logic
• 命令法 imperative
• 保命 to save one's life; to survive

Also contained in

用命天皇 、 文化大革命 、 武周革命

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17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 63
• 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 63
• 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
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 62
• 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

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
• 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
• 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
• 申命 (申命) 申命羲叔 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 堯典 Yu Shu - Canon of Yao — 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
• 命羲 (命羲) 乃命羲和 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 堯典 Yu Shu - Canon of Yao — 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
• 威命 (威命) 欽承天子威命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 胤征 Xia Shu - Punitive Expedition of Yin — count: 2