命运

Character by character

• 命mìng8 strokesHSK 3life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
• 运yùn7 strokesHSK 2 traditional 運luck, fortune; ship, transport

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Example sentences

• 这是你的命运。

  Zhè shì nǐ de mìng yùn

  This is your fate.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 命运. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 生命shēng mìngHSK 3

  life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature

• 运动yùn dòngHSK 2

  to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign

• 命mìngHSK 6

  life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc

• 运yùnHSK 5

  to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate

• 幸运xìng yùnHSK 3

  fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck

• 好运hǎo yùnHSK 5

  good luck

• 命令mìng lìngHSK 5

  order; command

• 革命gé mìngHSK 7

  to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命)

• 运动员yùn dòng yuánHSK 4

  athlete

• 运气yùn qiHSK 4

  luck (good or bad)

• 运用yùn yòngHSK 4

  to use; to put to use

• 运作yùn zuòHSK 6

  to operate; operations; workings; activities (usu. of an organization); thread (computing)

• 运行yùn xíngHSK 5

  to move along one's course (of celestial bodies etc); (fig.) to function; to be in operation; (of a train service etc) to operate; to run; (of a computer) to run

• 运输yùn shūHSK 3

  to transport; to carry; transportation

• 救命jiù mìngHSK 6

  to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me!

• 拼命pīn mìngHSK 7

  to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it

• 使命shǐ mìngHSK 7

  mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling

• 致命zhì mìngHSK 7

  fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life

• 命名mìng míngHSK 7

  to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming

• 奥运会aò yùn huìHSK 7

  abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会; Olympic Games; the Olympics

• 性命xìng mìngHSK 7

  life

• 运转yùn zhuǎnHSK 7

  to work; to operate; to revolve; to turn around

• 任命rèn mìngHSK 7

  to appoint; (job) appointment

• 运营yùn yíngHSK 7

  to be in operation; to do business; (of train, bus etc) to be in service; operation; service