性 xìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 生 life, lifetime
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
性命
xìngmìng
life
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
- 在极端天气面前，保护人的性命应当优先于抢救财产。 Zài jíduān tiānqì miànqián, bǎohù rén de xìngmìng yīngdāng yōuxiān yú qiǎngjiù cáichǎn. In the face of extreme weather, protecting human life should take priority over rescuing property.
- 医生全力抢救，终于保住了他的性命。 Yīshēng quánlì qiǎngjiù, zhōngyú bǎozhùle tā de xìngmìng. The doctors did everything they could and finally saved his life.
- 这次事故很严重，但没有一个乘客失去性命。 Zhè cì shìgù hěn yánzhòng, dàn méiyǒu yīgè chéngkè shīqù xìngmìng. The accident was serious, but not a single passenger lost their life.
Related words
- 个性 gèxìng personality; individuality
- 性 xìng nature; quality
- 性别 xìngbié gender
- 性格 xìnggé personality; character
- 性质 xìngzhì nature; property
- 男性 nánxìng male
- 女性 nǚxìng woman; female
- 特性 tèxìng special feature
- 性能 xìngnéng performance
- 理性 lǐxìng rational, reasonable; reason
- 弹性 tánxìng elasticity
- 性价比 xìngjiàbǐ cost-performance ratio