yào mìng

HSK 7–9

要命 (yào mìng) is a Chinese word meaning “to cause sb's death; extremely; terribly; (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance”.

Meanings

  1. 1to cause sb's death
  2. 2extremely; terribly
  3. 3(used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance

Characters in 要命

要yāo · (bound form) to demand; to coerce命mìng · life

Related words

要(bound form) to demand; to coerce要to want; to need; to ask for需要to need; to want; to demand; to require不要don't!; must not重要important; significant; major只要so long as; provided; if生命life (as the characteristic of living beings)要求to request命life必要necessary命令order就要will

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