Meaning of 要命
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yàomìng
- to cause sb's death
- extremely; terribly
- (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance
要命 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我爱她爱得要命。
I love her so much I could die.
你不要命啦！
Are you nuts?
我渴得要命。
I'm dying of thirst.
我突然肚痛得要命。
All of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach.
火车挤得要命，我们都找不到位子坐。
The train was so crowded that none of us could get a seat.
Stroke order for each character
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要 yào · to want · 9 strokes
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命 mìng · life · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 要命.
| 重要 | zhòngyào | important; significant; major |
| 不要 | bùyào | don't!; must not |
| 只要 | zhǐyào | so long as; provided; if |
| 就要 | jiùyào | will; shall |
| 要求 | yāoqiú | to request; to require |
| 主要 | zhǔyào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 快要 | kuàiyào | nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) |
| 需要 | xūyào | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs |
| 要是 | yàoshi | (coll.) if |
| 生命 | shēngmìng | life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2]) |
| 必要 | bìyào | necessary; essential |
| 命运 | mìngyùn | fate; destiny |
Questions about 要命
What does 要命 mean?
要命 (yàomìng) means "to cause sb's death; extremely; terribly".
How do you write 要命?
要命 is made of 2 characters: 要 (9 strokes), 命 (8 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 要命 an HSK word?
Yes. 要命 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.