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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
mìng - life
- fate
- order or command
- to assign a name, title etc

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 6 772 2,199 1,491

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

An order 令 given by mouth 口

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
生命 4 3 564 849 462
- 6 772 2,199 1,491
命令 5 5 965 3,645 10,351
救命 - 6 1,329 6,689 2,587
命运 5 3 1,643 2,896 1,903
致命 - 7 2,596 7,980 7,525
性命 6 7 3,449 9,337 18,609
使命 6 7 3,815 6,681 8,943
待命 - - 3,931 21,648 31,902
拼命 6 7 4,117 5,289 3,717
遵命 - - 4,206 36,499 36,848
命名 6 7 4,899 6,328 10,824
革命 5 7 5,117 855 3,997
命中 - - 5,526 7,652 14,805
要命 6 7 6,048 9,868 4,782
丧命 - - 6,830 26,377 26,244
任命 6 7 7,465 5,873 19,196
送命 - - 7,674 50,715 51,595
活命 - - 7,715 30,263 32,006
人命 - - 8,095 17,686 10,925
没命 - - 8,112 34,351 26,654
逃命 - - 8,257 26,478 33,851
命案 - - 9,471 19,968 23,172
卖命 - - 10,509 32,462 25,273
听命 - - 11,860 38,014 44,496
奉命 - - 11,960 19,982 47,538
算命 - - 12,325 20,066 12,418
维他命 - - 12,800 22,208 10,890
寿命 5 8 15,453 6,283 7,229
生命力 - - 15,916 10,009 13,712
受命 - - 16,997 24,415 48,308
毙命 - - 17,035 37,126 47,036
自命不凡 - - 17,599 64,500 41,867
致命伤 - - 19,102 44,212 37,795
听天由命 - - 19,269 44,390 27,702
认命 - - 19,292 31,067 15,902
天命 - - 20,235 22,952 19,609
亡命 - - 20,584 36,511 30,154
死于非命 - - 20,603 50,958 47,685
相依为命 - 9 20,858 28,204 20,576
出人命 - - 21,557 43,896 27,557
革命性 - - 21,847 22,179 32,718
命根子 - - 22,074 45,881 49,693
偿命 - - 23,335 34,251 14,801
死命 - - 23,602 29,035 17,711
短命 - - 24,392 30,050 21,806
亡命之徒 - - 26,049 68,414 68,929
命题 - 9 27,131 9,247 16,034
人命关天 - - 27,626 48,505 34,852
舍命 - - 27,941 48,885 33,552
自命 - - 28,782 51,707 54,976
饶命 - - 30,259 38,296 20,052
抗命 - - 30,679 76,077 72,006
命中率 - - 31,150 14,056 28,218
生命线 - 9 31,715 25,391 34,041
命脉 - - 33,441 25,472 34,537
命根 - - 33,593 70,770 48,910
疲于奔命 - - 34,166 42,208 37,637
苦命 - - 34,266 33,693 17,446
拚命 - - 34,826 - -
命苦 - - 36,496 - -
狠命 - - 37,565 60,049 46,729
殒命 - - 38,879 67,333 54,476
草菅人命 - - 39,148 68,104 39,669
催命 - - 42,788 73,444 41,633
授命 - - 44,528 90,773 -
革命家 - - 46,407 22,518 34,112
命相 - - 51,295 67,402 51,142
谋财害命 - - 52,531 70,452 53,358
玩儿命 - - 52,687 95,073 50,219
安身立命 - - 53,890 47,496 41,317
奔命 - - 54,662 88,218 52,306
文化大革命 - - 55,221 7,111 24,705
绝命书 - - 56,148 - -
宿命论 - - 56,227 82,222 64,664
复命 - - 67,320 61,081 81,441
反革命 - - 80,589 7,424 28,189
耳提面命 - - 83,172 103,690 96,928
薄命 - - 83,357 73,932 44,785
民主革命 - - 89,248 26,363 54,799