Usage of the character 命

to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)
revolution
revolutionary
to revolt (against sb or sth)
to revolutionize (sth)
(separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命)
CL:次 (cì)

mìnglìng

命令

[命令]

order
command
CL:道 (dào),個／个 (gè)

mìngxiàng

命相

[命相]

horoscope

jièmìng

借命

[借命]

to live out a pointless existence

wángmìng

亡命

[亡命]

to flee
to go into exile (from prison)

bìmìng

毙命

[斃命]

to meet violent death
to get killed

lùmìng

禄命

[祿命]

person's lot through life

bǎomìng

保命

[保命]

to preserve one's life; to ensure one's survival

mìngmén

命门

[命門]

(TCM) the right kidney
(TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys
the region between the kidneys
the eyes
(fortune-telling) the temples
(fig.) most critical or vulnerable point

màimìng

卖命

[賣命]

to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away
to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause)

jièmìng

戒命

[戒命]

prohibition

tīngmìng

听命

[聽命]

to obey an order
to take orders
to accept a state of affairs

duǎnmìng

短命

[短命]

to die young
short-lived

sàngmìng

丧命

[喪命]

to lose one's life

yòngmìng

用命

[用命]

to follow orders
to abide by
to obey

zūnmìng

尊命

[尊命]

your order (honorific)

mìngwēi

命危

[命危]

(medicine) in a critical condition

shòumìng

寿命

[壽命]

life span
life expectancy
lifetime (of a machine)

pànmìng

拚命

[拚命]

see 拼命 (pīnmìng)

hěnmìng

狠命

[狠命]

exerting all one's strength

zhìmìng

致命

[致命]

fatal
mortal
deadly
to sacrifice one's life

jièmìng

诫命

[誡命]

commandment

bómìng

搏命

[搏命]

to fight with all one has

fēimìng

非命

[非命]

unnatural death; violent death

dàimìng

待命

[待命]

to be on call
to be on standby

táomìng

逃命

[逃命]

to escape
to flee
to run for one's life

pīnmìng

拼命

[拼命]

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

sùmìng

宿命

[宿命]

predestination
karma

cóngmìng

从命

[從命]

to obey an order
to comply
to do sb's bidding
to do as requested

mìnggēn

命根

[命根]

lifeblood
the thing that one cherishes most in life
(coll.) family jewels (male genitals)

mìngmài

命脉

[命脈]

lifeline

bēnmìng

奔命

[奔命]

to rush about on errands
to be kept on the run

kǔmìng

苦命

[苦命]

hard lot
bitter fate
unfortunate

rènmìng

任命

[任命]

to appoint
(job) appointment
CL:紙／纸 (zhǐ)

mìngkǔ

命苦

[命苦]

to be born under an ill star

cuīmìng

催命

[催命]

to press sb to death
fig. to pressurize sb continually

ráomìng

饶命

[饒命]

to spare sb's life

jiùmìng

救命

[救命]

to save sb's life
(interj.) Help!
Save me!

pīmìng

批命

[批命]

to tell sb's fortune

hàimìng

害命

[害命]

to kill sb
to murder

suànmìng

算命

[算命]

fortune-telling
to tell fortune

suǒmìng

索命

[索命]

to demand sb's life

wéimìng

违命

[違命]

disobedient
to violate the Mandate of Heaven (天命 ( Tiān Mìng))

shòumìng

受命

[受命]

ordained or appointed to a post
to benefit from counsel

língmìng

灵命

[靈命]

the will of Heaven
the will of God

hòumìng

候命

[候命]

to await orders; to be on call

bómìng

薄命

[薄命]

to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)
to be born unlucky

rénmìng

人命

[人命]

human life
CL:條／条 (tiáo)

huómìng

活命

[活命]

life
to survive
to save a life
to scrape a living

mìngtú

命途

[命途]

the course of one's life
one's fate

dǎimìng

歹命

[歹命]

(Tw) to have been dealt a hard lot in life (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. (pháinn-miā))

shòumìng

授命

[授命]

to give orders

juémìng

绝命

[絕命]

to commit suicide
to have one's life cut short

fèngmìng

奉命

[奉命]

to receive orders
to follow orders
to act under orders

Tiānmìng

天命

[天命]

Mandate of Heaven
destiny
fate
one's life span

mìngmíng

命名

[命名]

to give a name to
to dub
to christen
to designate
named after
naming

xìngmìng

性命

[性命]

life

sǐmìng

死命

[死命]

doom
death
desperately

shěmìng

舍命

[捨命]

to risk one's life

shēngmìng

生命

[生命]

life (as the characteristic of living beings)
living being; creature (CL:個／个 (gè),條／条 (tiáo))

sòngmìng

送命

[送命]

to lose one's life
to get killed

rènmìng

认命

[認命]

to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate
to be resigned to sth

zìmìng

自命

[自命]

to consider oneself to be (sth positive)

yǔnmìng

殒命

[殞命]

to die
to perish

yuànmìng

怨命

[怨命]

to complain about one's fate
to bemoan one's lot

yǔnmìng

陨命

[隕命]

variant of 殞命／殒命 (yǔnmìng)
to die
to perish

zhēnmìng

真命

[真命]

to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc)
ordained by heaven

shǐmìng

使命

[使命]

mission
long-term task to which one devotes oneself
a calling

mìngdìng

命定

[命定]

to be predestined

lǐngmìng

领命

[領命]

to accept an order

mìngzhòng

命中

[命中]

to hit (a target)

bìmìng

毕命

[畢命]

to die (in an accident etc)
to have one's life cut short

mìngpán

命盘

[命盤]

natal chart (astrology)

hǎomìng

好命

[好命]

lucky
blessed with good fortune

qīnmìng

钦命

[欽命]

Imperial order or edict (old)

mìngyùn

命运

[命運]

fate; destiny
CL:個／个 (gè)

mìngdà

命大

[命大]

lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury)

juānmìng

捐命

[捐命]

to lay down one's life

ktāmìng

K他命

[K他命]

ketamine (C13H16ClNO) (slang)

xīngmìngjiā

星命家

[星命家]

astrologer (esp. Daoist)

shēngmìngdài

生命带

[生命帶]

(neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt
(astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone

Shēnmìngjì

申命记

[申命記]

Book of Deuteronomy
Fifth Book of Moses

suànmìngzhě

算命者

[算命者]

fortune-teller

kètāmìng

克他命

[克他命]

ketamine (loanword)

wéitāmìng

维它命

[維它命]

variant of 維他命／维他命 (wéitāmìng)

Hēimìngguì

黑命贵

[黑命貴]

Black Lives Matter (social movement)

mìngmíngfǎ

命名法

[命名法]

nomenclature

mìnglìngjù

命令句

[命令句]

imperative sentence

bàntiáomìng

半条命

[半條命]

half a life
only half alive
barely alive
(scared, beaten etc) half to death

sùmìnglùn

宿命论

[宿命論]

fatalism
fatalistic

wúshēngmìng

无生命

[無生命]

inert
lifeless

mìnggēnzi

命根子

[命根子]

see 命根 (mìnggēn)

chóngmìngmíng

重命名

[重命名]

(computing) to rename

fēizhìmìng

非致命

[非致命]

(of a medical condition) not fatal; not life-threatening

mìnglìngháng

命令行

[命令行]

command line (computing)

rènmìngzhuàng

任命状

[任命狀]

certificate of appointment (to government office)

mìngmíngrì

命名日

[命名日]

name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)

wánrmìng

玩儿命

[玩兒命]

to gamble with life
to take reckless risks

duǎnmìngguǐ

短命鬼

[短命鬼]

sb who dies prematurely

xiāngmìngzhě

相命者

[相命者]

fortune teller

sùmìngtōng

宿命通

[宿命通]

(Buddhism) recollection of past lives
wisdom of past lives (one of six supernatural powers of Buddhas and arhats)

mìnglìngliè

命令列

[命令列]

command line (computing) (Tw)

Sì Wénmìng

姒文命

[姒文命]

Si Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great 大禹 ( Dà Yǔ)

wéitāmìng

维他命

[維他命]

vitamin (loanword)

suànmìngjiā

算命家

[算命家]

fortune-teller

fǎngémìng

反革命

[反革命]

counterrevolutionary

wèimìngmíng

未命名

[未命名]

untitled
unnamed
no name
nameless
unknown name

běnmìngnián

本命年

[本命年]

year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支 (dìzhī)

mìnglǐxué

命理学

[命理學]

divination; divinatory art

gémìngjiā

革命家

[革命家]

a revolutionary

wěimìngtí

伪命题

[偽命題]

false proposition
fundamentally flawed notion
(in popular usage, can also refer to anything based on a flawed notion, such as a false dichotomy or a question that starts with a false premise)

shēngmìngxiàn

生命线

[生命線]

lifeline

zhìmìngshāng

致命伤

[致命傷]

mortal wound
(fig.) fatal weakness
Achilles' heel

shēngmìnglì

生命力

[生命力]

vitality

chūrénmìng

出人命

[出人命]

fatal
resulting in sb's death

gémìngxìng

革命性

[革命性]

revolutionary

juémìngshū

绝命书

[絕命書]

suicide note

mìngzhònglü

命中率

[命中率]

hit rate
scoring rate

bùtīngmìng

不听命

[不聽命]

to disobey

ānshēnlìmìng

安身立命

[安身立命]

(idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life

shìjiǔrúmìng

嗜酒如命

[嗜酒如命]

to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle

wēizūnmìngjiàn

威尊命贱

[威尊命賤]

orders weightier than life

sǐyúfēimìng

死于非命

[死於非命]

violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster
an unnatural death

shēngmìngkēxué

生命科学

[生命科學]

life sciences

Shíyuè Gémìng

十月革命

[十月革命]

October Revolution

shòuxǐmìngmíng

受洗命名

[受洗命名]

to be christened

shēngmìngzhōuqī

生命周期

[生命週期]

life cycle

sānjūnyòngmìng

三军用命

[三軍用命]

(of a team) to throw oneself into the battle

àináncóngmìng

碍难从命

[礙難從命]

difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply

hóngyánbómìng

红颜薄命

[紅顏薄命]

beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)

wángmìngzhītú

亡命之徒

[亡命之徒]

runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
fugitive

pīnmìngsānláng

拼命三郎

[拼命三郎]

brave man, willing to risk his life

àicáirúmìng

爱财如命

[愛財如命]

lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
fig. avaricious
tightfisted

shòumìngbùcháng

寿命不长

[壽命不長]

one's days are numbered
not to have long to live (often fig.)

gǎnbùcóngmìng

敢不从命

[敢不從命]

to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)

shòumìngyútiān

受命于天

[受命於天]

to be emperor by the grace of heaven; to have the mandate of heaven

mìngtúkǎnkě

命途坎坷

[命途坎坷]

to have a tough life
to meet much adversity in one's life

yīmìngguīxī

一命归西

[一命歸西]

see 一命嗚呼／一命呜呼 (yīmìngwūhū)

shēngmìngjìxiàng

生命迹象

[生命跡象]

see 生命體徵／生命体征 (shēngmìngtǐzhēng)

zìmìngqīnggāo

自命清高

[自命清高]

to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous
holier-than-thou

bāzìmìnglǐ

八字命理

[八字命理]

divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date

wéimìngshìcóng

唯命是从

[唯命是從]

to follow obediently

xìngmìngyōuguān

性命攸关

[性命攸關]

vitally important
a matter of life and death

yīqiánrúmìng

一钱如命

[一錢如命]

stingy; penny-pinching

suànmìngxiānsheng

算命先生

[算命先生]

fortune-teller

móucáihàimìng

谋财害命

[謀財害命]

to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money

wéimìngshìtīng

惟命是听

[惟命是聽]

see 唯命是從／唯命是从 (wéimìngshìcóng)

Shēngmìngfèituó

生命吠陀

[生命吠陀]

see 阿育吠陀 ( Ayùfèituó)

cǎojièrénmìng

草芥人命

[草芥人命]

see 草菅人命 (cǎojiānrénmìng)

mìngtíluóji

命题逻辑

[命題邏輯]

propositional logic

mìngguī Huángquán

命归黄泉

[命歸黃泉]

lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉／黄泉 ( Huángquán) (idiom)
fig. to die
to meet one's end

àizhīrúmìng

爱之如命

[愛之如命]

to love sb (or sth) as one loves life itself

ěrtímiànmìng

耳提面命

[耳提面命]

to give sincere advice (idiom)
to exhort earnestly

duìzhèngmìngmíng

对证命名

[對證命名]

confrontation naming

línwēishòumìng

临危授命

[臨危授命]

to sacrifice one's life in a crisis

yīmìngguītiān

一命归天

[一命歸天]

see 一命嗚呼／一命呜呼 (yīmìngwūhū)

shíguāimìngjiǎn

时乖命蹇

[時乖命蹇]

bad times, adverse fate (idiom)

shēngmìngtǐzhēng

生命体征

[生命體徵]

vital signs

yīqiāngmìngzhòng

一枪命中

[一槍命中]

(idiom) to hit with the first shot

tīngtiānyóumìng

听天由命

[聽天由命]

(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck

Ercì Gémìng

二次革命

[二次革命]

Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱／袁世凯 ( Yuán Shìkǎi) and the Northern Warlords

ānfēitāmìng

安非他命

[安非他命]

amphetamine (medical) (loanword)

tīngtiān'ānmìng

听天安命

[聽天安命]

to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)

mìngmíngxìtǒng

命名系统

[命名系統]

system of nomenclature

Guāngróng Gémìng

光荣革命

[光榮革命]

Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)

Tāng Wǔ Gémìng

汤武革命

[湯武革命]

the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯／商汤 ( Shāng Tāng), of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王 ( Zhōu Wǔwáng)

mìngtúduōchuǎn

命途多舛

[命途多舛]