性命 xìngmìng▶ cuộc sống; đời

Stroke order

性命 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 性 — 8 strokes
• 命 — 8 strokes

Related words

• 人性bản chất con người, nhân tính
• 任命Cuộc hẹn; sự bổ nhiệm
• 任性bướng bỉnh; ngang bướng
• 使命Nhiệm vụ, sứ mệnh
• 命名gọi; đề cử
• 弹性đàn hồi

性命 is pronounced xìngmìng and means “cuộc sống; đời”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 性命 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.