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要命

yào mìng

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Stative verb

要命 (yào mìng) is a Chinese word meaning “to cause sb's death”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to cause sb's death
  2. extremely; terribly
  3. (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance

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Example

今天熱得要命。

It's terribly hot today.

Related words at this level

搖晃搖頭遙遠要好要素藥丸野心夜間

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).