命 in English

Measure word

• 条 tiáo strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) attested in use
• 种 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts attested in use

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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

• Oracle bone script 商
• Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚
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Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• “好人不长命”是句或真或假的老话。

  "The good die young" is an old saying which may or may not be true.

• 100万人在战争中失去了生命。

  One million people lost their lives in the war.

• Linux系统的高手都会用命令行。

  Linux experts are able to use the command line.

• 事故差点让他丢了性命。

  The accident almost cost him his life.

• 今天的使命：奶茶跟麻糬。

  Today's mission: milk tea with mochi.

• 他以他祖父的名字被命名。

  He was named after his grandfather.

• 他们任命他为经理。

  They appointed him as a director.

• 他冒着生命危险救了那条狗。

  He rescued the dog at the risk of his own life.

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