拼 pīn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 并 to combine, to annex
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
拼命
pīnmìng
to risk one’s life; desperately
Characters in this word
命 mìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 工人们在暴雨中拼命加固堤坝，避免洪水漫过村庄。 Gōngrénmen zài bàoyǔ zhōng pīnmìng jiāgù dībà, bìmiǎn hóngshuǐ mànguò cūnzhuāng. The workers desperately reinforced the embankment in the rainstorm to prevent floodwaters from spilling over the village.
- 他拼命地跑，还是没赶上最后一班公交车。 Tā pīnmìng de pǎo, háishi méi gǎn shàng zuìhòu yì bān gōngjiāochē. He ran desperately but still missed the last bus.
- 为了让家人过上好日子，他每天拼命工作。 Wèile ràng jiārén guò shàng hǎo rìzi, tā měitiān pīnmìng gōngzuò. To give his family a good life, he works flat out every day.
Related words
- 拼 pīn to put together; to spell
- 拼搏 pīnbó to strive; to fight hard
- 拼接 pīnjiē to splice; to join together
- 命运 mìngyùn fate
- 生命 shēngmìng life
- 命令 mìnglìng order; command
- 革命 gémìng revolution; revolutionary
- 救命 jiùmìng to save a life
- 命名 mìngmíng to name
- 生命力 shēngmìnglì vitality
- 寿命 shòumìng lifespan
- 命 mìng to order; command; appoint