命 (ming6) — assign (a name, title, etc) in Cantonese
mingˍ₆命
Mandarin Pinyin: ming4
Meaning of 命
nounassign (a name, title, etc)
noundestiny; fate; lot
nounorder; command; decree
nounlife; lifespan
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Example Sentences with 命
kapˉ¹吸jinˉ¹煙ngaiˎ₄危hoiˍ₆害ginˍ₆健hong1,康, ziˊ²只jiu˗₃要muiˏ₅每jatˍ₆日jatˉ¹一zi1,枝, jiˏ₅已gingˉ¹經zukˉ¹足jiˏ₅以zi˗₃致mingˍ₆命
Smoking is very harmful; as long as you smoke one cigarette a day, it's enough to cause death
他用哈姆立克急救法救了我一命。
He saved my life using the Heimlich Maneuver.
佢當時好慌，以為自己命不久矣
Thinking that her end was near, she panicked.
soengˏ₅上ci˗₃次haauˊ²考si˗₃試zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係loˊ²攞mengˍ₆命。
The last exam was a real killer.
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋hoiˉ¹開ganˊ²緊wui2,會﹐houˊ²好faai˗₃快zauˍ₆就wuiˏ₅會kyut˗₃決dingˍ₆定sou˗₃數cinˉ¹千jyunˎ₄員gungˉ¹工ge˗₃嘅mingˍ₆命wanˍ₆運。
They are holding a meeting which would soon decide the fate of thousands of employees.
Words Containing 命
命途乖舛ming6 tou4 gwaai1 cyun2
a tragic life; an unlucky life; an ill-fated life
執番條命zap1 faan1 tiu4 meng6
barely escape death; come back from the dead
催命ceoi1 meng6
to persistently press or urge someone
性命sing3 ming6
life
致命要害zi3 ming6 jiu3 hoi6
Achilles' heel
絕命書zyut6 ming6 syu1
a suicide note; a note written on the eve of one's execution
養命joeng5 meng6
to sustain one's life
命運meng6/ming6 wan6
destiny, fate | [粵]: 命, 命水
生命不息sang1 ming6 bat1 sik1
as long as one lives
吊命diu3 meng6
to be hardly surviving; to be dependent on a source of money to survive
亡命mong4 ming6
to flee | [粵]: 趯更
生命的遺跡sang1 ming6 dik1 wai4 zik1
trace of life; vestige of life
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