命
Meanings
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- 1.life
- 2.fate
- 3.order or command
- 4.to assign a name, title etc
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Wiktionary
- 1.life; existence; state of living (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
- 2.lifespan; life expectancy
- 3.destiny; fate; luck
- 4.order; command; instruction
- 5.to order; to command
- 6.to give (a title, name to); to name
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mreŋs): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs). Doublet of 呤 (OC *reːŋ). Related to 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs, “to order; to command; order”) (Wang, 1982). Both may be derived from 名 (OC *meŋ, “name”): “name” (名) > “to name; to give (a name to)” (命) > “to order; to command” > “order; command” > “destiny; fate; lot” > “life” (Schuessler, 2007). For a roughly similar semantic development, see Latin fāta (whence English fate), from fātus (“spoken”), from for (“to speak”).
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Components
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Example sentences
我救了你一命。
I saved your life.
我們險些丟了命。
We were in danger of losing our lives.
柳橙富含維他命 C。
Oranges contain a lot of vitamin C.
柳橙富含維他命 C。
Oranges are rich in vitamin C.
柳橙富含維他命 C。
Oranges have a lot of vitamin C.
這個新藥救了他的命。
The new medicine saved his life.
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