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to send; to devote; to deliver to send; to devote; to deliver; to cause; to convey |
life; fate
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Pronunciation
Verb
致命
- to cause death
- to sacrifice one's life
- (literary) to dispatch orders
Synonyms
- (to cause death): 要命 (yàomìng); (Hokkien) 成命
- (to dispatch orders):
- 傳令／传令 (chuánlìng) (formal)
- 傳命／传命 (chuánmìng) (literary)
- 將命／将命 (jiāngmìng) (literary)
Adjective
致命
- fatal; deadly; lethal; mortal
路上坑坑窪窪的，騎車的人一不小心就有致命危險。 [MSC, trad.]
路上坑坑洼洼的，骑车的人一不小心就有致命危险。 [MSC, simp.]- Lùshàng kēngkēngwāwā de, qíchē de rén yībùxiǎoxīn jiù yǒu zhìmìng wēixiǎn.
- Pot holes can be lethal for the unwary cyclist.
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 致命 (MC trijH mjaengH, “fatal, mortal; to sacrifice one's life”), literally “to deliver” + “life”.
Pronunciation
Noun
致命 • (chimei)
- a sacrifice of one's life
- loss of life
- Synonym: 致死 (chishi)
- something fatal, deadly, mortal, lethal
- Synonym: 致死 (chishi)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Vietnamese
Adjective
致命
- chữ Hán form of trí mạng (“causing a death”).