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命运 mìngyùn “fate” in Chinese

Traditional 命運

What 命运 means

  1. fate
  2. destiny

How to say 命运

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale命mìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale运yùn4th tone, falling

命运 in a sentence

  1. 你才是自己命运的主人。

    Nǐ cái shì zìjǐ mìngyùn de zhǔrén.

    You are the master of your own destiny.

    Sentence #1992648 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她该接受她的命运。

    Tā gāi jiēshòu tā de mìngyùn.

    She should accept her fate.

    Sentence #396380 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们都有要实现的命运吗？

    Wǒmen dōu yǒu yào shíxiàn de mìngyùn ma?

    Do we all have a destiny to fulfil?

    Sentence #13135831 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 命运 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 命 (mìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
命mìnglife
  • 令command · líng
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 运 (yùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
运yùnto move
  • 云cloud · yúnSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 云 (yún) hints at the sound. Compare it with yùn.

How to write 命运

命 8 strokes · 运 7 strokes

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命运 (mìngyùn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 命运 (mìngyùn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 命运

Words with 命

生命shēngmìng · life寿命shòumìng · life span命令mìnglìng · order性命xìngmìng · life (of a person or animal)命名mìngmíng · to name拼命pīnmìng · desperately任命rènmìng · to appoint革命gémìng · revolution使命shǐmìng · mission要命yàomìng · terribly

Words with 运

运动yùndòng · to exercise运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet运输yùnshū · to transport运用yùnyòng · to use幸运xìngyùn · fortunate运气yùnqi · luck (good or bad)运算yùnsuàn · mathematical operation运行yùnxíng · to run托运tuōyùn · to check in (luggage)

More words: Ideas & Concepts

矛盾máodùn · contradiction魅力mèilì · charm梦想mèngxiǎng · dream面积miànjī · area (of a floor or piece of land)目标mùbiāo · target内部nèibù · inside奇迹qíjì · miracle前途qiántú · prospects

FAQs

命运 (mìngyùn) means “fate” or “destiny”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it mìngyùn: mìng with a 4th tone, then yùn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 命运 is written 命運. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mingyun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 命运 from the suggestions. Typing mingyun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
命运 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.