life (n.)
HSK 6
Traditional
性命 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Examples
冒险的旅行考验着每个人的性命。 Màoxiǎn de lǚxíng kǎoyàn zhe měi gèrén de xìngmìng. - Adventure travel tests everyone's life.
这场灾难夺走了无数人的性命。 Zhè chǎng zāinàn duó zǒule wúshù rén de xìngmìng. - This disaster took the lives of countless people.
医生们不惜一切拯救病人的性命。 Yīshēngmen bù xī yīqiè zhěngjiù bìngrén de xìngmìng. - Doctors spare no effort to save patients' lives.
保护动植物的生命是我们的责任。 Bǎohù dòng zhíwù de shēngmìng shì wǒmen de zérèn. - Protecting the lives of animals and plants is our responsibility.
在这个危险的地方，我们必须倍加珍惜生命。 Zài zhège wēixiǎn de dìfāng, wǒmen bìxū bèijiā zhēnxī shēngmìng. - In this dangerous place, we must cherish life even more.
Characters
命 mìng - fate, destiny; life; life expectancy |
性 xìng - sex; gender; character, nature; quality; (grammar) gender; suffix used to form nouns and adjectives |