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The Cantonese word sang ming - 生命 - sang1 ming6
(life in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

sang1 ming6

English translations

life, vitality

Chinese characters:

生命
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生命 (sang1 ming6) is composed of these characters: 生, 命
The traditional Chinese characters of sang1 ming6 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Topic
Seeing the Doctor

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(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

life  |  life
生命 ( sang ming / sang1 ming6 ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 176)
More words that mean life in Cantonese
gyun1 ( 身 ), jat6 zi2 ( 日子 ), meng6 ( 命 ), saang1 ( 生 ), sang1 wut6 ( 生活 ), sau6 ( 寿 )
More words that mean vitality in Cantonese
saang1 hei3 ( 生气 ), zing1 san4 ( 精神 )

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