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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 要命

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
要命 yào mìng - to cause sb's death
- extremely; terribly
- (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance

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
6 7 6,048 9,868 4,782

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
要 yāo- (bound form) to demand; to coerce
要 yào- to want; to need; to ask for
- will; shall; about to
- need to; should
- if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5])
- (bound form) important
命 mìng- life
- fate
- order or command
- to assign a name, title etc

Other Words Containing 要命

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
要命 6 7 6,048 9,868 4,782