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Traditional Characters: +
+ is only found in HSK 5.
+ forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
命 forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
Corresponding Classifiers|Measure Words:
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Sample Sentences
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Stroke Order & Character Components
性 (xìng): nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个(gè)
- 忄 (xin): heart
- 生 (shēng): be born
命 (mìng): life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title, etc.
- 亼 (jí): 亼
- 叩 (kòu): to knock; to kowtow
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 性
HSK 4 Word List
- 性别 (xìng bié): gender; sex; distinguishing between the sexes
- 性格 (xìng gé): nature (temperament); nature; disposition; temperament; character; CL: 個|个(gè)
HSK 5 Word List
- 个性 (gè xìng): individuality; personality
- 性质 (xìng zhì): nature; characteristic; CL: 個|个(gè)
HSK 6 Word List
- 记性 (jì xing): memory; recall
- 慢性 (màn xìng): slow and patient; chronic (disease); slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
- 人性 (rén xìng): human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes
- 任性 (rèn xìng): willful; headstrong; uninhibited
- 索性 (suǒ xìng): you might as well (do it); simply; just
- 弹性 (tán xìng): flexibility; elasticity (physics)
- 性感 (xìng gǎn): sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexy
- 性命 (xìng mìng): life
- 性能 (xìng néng): function; performance
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 命
HSK 4 Word List
- 生命 (shēng mìng): life; living; biological; CL: 個|个(gè)
HSK 5 Word List
- 命令 (mìng lìng): order; command; CL: 道(dào), 個|个(gè)
- 命运 (mìng yùn): destiny; fate; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 寿命 (shòu mìng): life span; life expectancy
HSK 6 Word List
- 革命 (gé mìng): revolution; revolutionary (politics); CL: 次(cì)
- 命名 (mìng míng): to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
- 拼命 (pīn mìng): 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
- 任命 (rèn mìng): to appoint and nominate
- 使命 (shǐ mìng): mission (diplomatic or other); set task
- 性命 (xìng mìng): life
- 要命 (yào mìng): to cause somebody’s death; very; extremely; frightening; annoying
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
