使命 shǐmìng▶ Misi

Stroke order

使命 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 使 — 8 strokes
• 命 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. mission
2. long-term task to which one devotes oneself
3. a calling

Related words

• 任命Janji temu; Penunjukan
• 命名memanggil; mencalonkan
• 性命hidup; kehidupan
• 拼命Berusaha sebaik mungkin
• 致使sebab
• 要命

使命 is pronounced shǐmìng and means “Misi”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 使命 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.