HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

要命

yàomìng

to cause sb's death

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Meaning of 要命 in English

yàomìngHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #10191
  1. to cause sb's death
  2. extremely; terribly
  3. (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance

Characters

要 on its own →
yào · to want; to need; to ask for

HSK words with 要

要HSK 1不要HSK 1快要HSK 2需要HSK 3要求HSK 3只要HSK 3重要HSK 3主要HSK 3将要HSK 4要是HSK 4
命 on its own →
mìng · life

HSK words with 命

生命HSK 4命HSK 5命运HSK 5革命HSK 6救命HSK 6命令HSK 6命名HSK 6寿命HSK 6生命力HSK 6拼命HSK 7–9

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