寿命 shòumìng▶ Vida

Stroke order

寿命 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 寿 — 7 strokes
• 命 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. life span
2. life expectancy
3. lifetime (of a machine)

Related words

• 命令llamar; nominar
• 命运destino
• 任命Cita; nombramiento
• 使命Misión
• 命名llamar; nominar
• 性命vida

寿命 is pronounced shòumìng and means “Vida”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 寿命 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.