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拼命 (pīn mìng): meaning and stroke order

拼命 (pīn mìng) means to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's….

拼命

Simplified
拼命
Traditional
拼命 (same form)
Pinyin
pīn mìng

Stroke order of 拼命

拼

  • pīn to piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

命

  • mìng life; fate
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 拼命

  1. pīn mìng
    • to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it

Radicals of the characters

拼
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 9 strokes · 扌 on the left, 并 on the right
命
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 8 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

拼命 in our stories

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  • 就这样，一个拼命地加，一个拼命地吃。马修的脸越来越红，腰带也松了一格。

    jiù zhèyàng yí gè pīnmìng de jiā yí gè pīnmìng de chī Mǎxiū de liǎn yuèláiyuè hóng yāodài yě sōng le yì gé

    And so one kept ordering for all he was worth, and the other kept eating for all he was worth. Matthew's face grew redder, and his belt went out a notch.

    From the story The banquet that never ended HSK 6

  • 他们饿了四十六天。赵括带人拼命突围，结果被乱箭射死，赵军全部投降。

    tāmen è le sìshíliù tiān Zhào Kuò dài rén pīnmìng tūwéi jiéguǒ bèi luànjiàn shè sǐ Zhào jūn quánbù tóuxiáng

    They starved for forty-six days. Zhao Kuo led a desperate breakout and was shot dead by a hail of arrows, and the whole Zhao army surrendered.

    From the story Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8

  • 守仙草的仙童拦住她，两人打了起来。她拼命抢到了仙草，自己也受了重伤，却终于救活了许仙。

    shǒu xiāncǎo de xiāntóng lán zhù tā liǎng rén dǎ le qǐlai tā pīnmìng qiǎng dào le xiāncǎo zìjǐ yě shòu le zhòngshāng què zhōngyú jiù huó le Xǔ Xiān

    The immortal boys guarding the herb stopped her and they fought. She desperately seized the herb and was badly wounded herself, but at last she brought Xu Xian back to life.

    From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 拼命

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).