命
mìng HSK3

life

命 mìng
life noun
physical existence or the lifespan of a living being

他在事故中差点丢了命。

tā zài shì​gù zhōng chà​diǎn diū le mìng.

He almost lost his life in the accident.

order verb
a command, instruction, or mandate given by an authority

他奉命去执行一项特殊的任务。

tā fèng mìng qù zhí​xíng yī xiàng tè​shū de rèn​wu.

He was ordered to carry out a special mission.

fate noun
destiny, lot, or the predetermined course of events

他总是抱怨自己的命不好。

tā zǒng​shì bào​yuàn zì​jǐ de mìng bù hǎo.

He is always complaining about his bad luck.

to name verb
to assign a name, title, or label to someone or something

他给新出生的孩子命了名。

tā gěi xīn chū​shēng de hái​zi mìng le míng.

He named the newborn baby.

Frequency
Character
Written text
258th most common 870.0 per million
Movie subtitles
303rd most common 534.0 per million appears in 84% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
121.0 per million appears in 37% of films
Written text
58.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+547D

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)