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生命

shēng mìng

HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 4

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

shēng mìng · sang1 ming6 (Jyutping)

  1. life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

生

Meaning
life, living, lifetime; birth
Radical
生
Strokes
5
Components
⿻一土
Cangjie
HQM
Four-corner
2510.0

命

Meaning
life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
Radical
口
Strokes
8
Components
⿹令口
Cangjie
OMRL
Four-corner
8062.7

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