致命 meaning in English

zhìmìng

fatal; mortal

HSK 7-9verb18 strokes

Meaning of 致命

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zhìmìng

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

有yǒu时shí候hòu口kǒu误wù对duì政zhèng治zhì家jiā来lái说shuō是shì致zhì命mìng的de。

A slip of the tongue is sometimes fatal to a politician.

只zhǐ要yào不bú是shì致zhì命mìng性xìng的de错cuò误wù，失shī败bài也yě没méi关guān系xì。

As long as it's not a fatal mistake, it is ok to fail.

埃āi博bó拉lā是shì人rén类lèi已yǐ知zhī的de最zuì致zhì命mìng的de病bìng毒dú之zhī一yī。

Ebola is one of the most virulent viruses known to man.

这zhè对duì他tā来lái说shuō是shì致zhì命mìng的de打dǎ击jī。

To him this is a deadly blow.

只zhǐ能néng说shuō，那nà团tuán无wú味wèi的de致zhì命mìng气qì体tǐ，也yě不bú是shì没méi有yǒu好hǎo处chù。

So it seems that cloud of odorless deadly gas had a silver lining after all.

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Words that share a character with 致命.

生命	shēngmìng	life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條\|条[tiao2])
命运	mìngyùn	fate; destiny
导致	dǎozhì	to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
一致	yīzhì	consistent; unanimous; in agreement; together; in unison
细致	xìzhì	delicate; fine
命令	mìnglìng	order; command
大致	dàzhì	more or less; roughly; approximately
救命	jiùmìng	to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!
此致	cǐzhì	(used at the end of a letter to introduce a polite salutation)
革命	gémìng	to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); re
性命	xìngmìng	life
使命	shǐmìng	mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself

What does 致命 mean?

致命 (zhìmìng) means "fatal; mortal" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 致命?

致命 is made of 2 characters: 致 (10 strokes), 命 (8 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 致命 an HSK word?

Yes. 致命 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.