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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 生命

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
生命 shēng mìng - life (as the characteristic of living beings)
- living being; creature (CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2])

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 3 564 849 462

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
生 shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student
命 mìng- life
- fate
- order or command
- to assign a name, title etc

Other Words Containing 生命

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
生命 4 3 564 849 462
生命力 - - 15,916 10,009 13,712
生命线 - 9 31,715 25,391 34,041