命 mìng

1. mìng noun life
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 爱财不爱命 'to love wealth more than life' (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' n 1; Suyu, p. 3; Unihan '命')
2. mìng verb to order
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 差遣 or 下命令 (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' v 1; Kroll 2015 '命' 1, p. 311)
3. mìng noun destiny; fate; luck
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A Confucian and general Chinese belief (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' n 2; Kroll 2015 '命' 3a, p. 311; Unihan '命'; Yao 2000, p. 26)
4. mìng noun an order; a command
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' n 3; ; Kroll 2015 '命' 1a, p. 311; Unihan '命')
5. mìng verb to name; to assign
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 取定; for example, 命名 'to give a name' (Guoyu '命' v 2; Kroll 2015 '命' 2, p. 311)
6. mìng noun livelihood
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   
7. mìng noun advice
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '命' 1b, p. 311)
8. mìng verb to confer a title
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '命' 2a, p. 311)
9. mìng noun lifespan
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '命' 3, p. 311)
10. mìng verb to think
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 以为 (Guoyu '命' v 3)
11. mìng noun life; jīva
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: jīva, or: jīvita, Japanese: mei, or: myou (BCSD '命', p. 251; MW 'jiva'; SH '命', p. 252; Unihan '命')

Contained in

• 一切诸如来心光明加持普贤菩萨延命金刚最胜陀罗尼经(一切諸如來心光明加持普賢菩薩延命金剛最勝陀羅尼經) Sarvatathagata Mind Radiating Light Empowers Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Longevity Vajra Dharani Sutra; Yiqie Zhuru Lai Xin Guangming Jia Chi Puxian Pusa Yan Ming Jingang Zui Sheng Tuoluoni Jing
• 心好命好　平安到老 A Good Mind Leads a Good Life; Peace Shall Accompany Till Old Age
• 寿命经(壽命經) Longevity Sutra
• 生命可以更幸福 life can be happier
• 人命在呼吸间(人命在呼吸間) we can only count on a single breath
• 1. 重覆的举止 会变成习惯 2. 定型的习惯 会变成个性 3. 个性的走向 会决定命运 4. 命运的好坏 会决定一生(1. 重覆的舉止 會變成習慣 2. 定型的習慣 會變成個性 3. 個性的走向 會決定命運 4. 命運的好壞 會決定一生) Repeated actions become your habits, Habits determine your character, Character influences your future, Your future decides your life.
• 佛教对命运的看法(佛教對命運的看法) Buddhism in Every Step: The Buddhist Perspective on Life and Destiny
• 人命不停 life is fleeting
• 生命关怀(生命關懷) life care
• 护命放生轨仪法(護命放生軌儀法) Hu Ming Fang Sheng Gui Yi Fa
• 安心立命 to find peace and attain enlightenment
• 寿命陀罗尼经(壽命陀羅尼經) Longevity Dharani Sutra
• 慧命之家 spiritual home
• 生命永恒(生命永恆) life is eternal
• 救人一命，胜造七级浮屠(救人一命，勝造七級浮屠) the merit of saving one human life outweighs that of building a seven-story pagoda
• 延命 to prolong life
• 命根闭塞(命根閉塞) interruption in the life faculty

Also contained in

毙命 、 催命 、 拼命三郎 、 寒武纪生命大爆发 、 爱财如命 、 生命线 、 五十而知天命 、 听天安命 、 送命 、 非命 、 批命 、 算命者 、 安命 、 红颜薄命 、 复命 、 捐命 、 命中率 、 诫命 、 尊命 、 逃命 、 算命 、 灵命 、 听天命 、 生命延续 、 宿命论 、 光荣革命 、 直言命题 、 矫命 、 命名作业 、 保命 、 一钱如命 、 疲于奔命 、 暗害人命 、 统一资源命名

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 196 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 108 , has parallel version
• Scroll 191 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 96 , has parallel version
• Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 78
• Scroll 190 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 66 , has parallel version
• Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 62
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 62
• Scroll 3 Commentary on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論疏 — count: 59
• Scroll 3 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 57
• Scroll 156 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 56
• Scroll 2 Shi Jian Ji Gu Lue Xu Ji 釋鑑稽古略續集 — count: 56

Collocations

• 命尽 (命儘) 有餘眾生命盡行盡 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 17
• 命见 (命見) 命見 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 16
• 命过 (命過) 命過復何言 — Sīgāla Pays Homage to the Six Directions (Shijialuoyue Liu Fang Li Jing) 尸迦羅越六方禮經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 有身命 (有身命) 於是雖有身命 — The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Jizhiguo Jing) 寂志果經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 命使 (命使) 乃命使却 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
• 住命 (住命) 而以神力住命三月 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 人间命 (人間命) 從是人間命盡 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 4 — count: 6
• 命行 (命行) 命行清淨 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 5
• 命异 (命異) 命異身異 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 5
• 我有命 (我有命) 見有我有命有身 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 3 — count: 5