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
    Notes:
  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)
  11. mìng noun life; jīva
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: jīva, or: jīvita, Japanese: mei, or: myou (BCSD '命', p. 251; MW 'jiva'; SH '命', p. 252; Unihan '命')

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