長命

简 长命 · 繁 長命
Mandarin · pinyin cháng mìng

Meanings

  1. long-lived
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長
zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
命
mìng · life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
长
zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
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2–4 · chang2 ming4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

coeng4 meng6

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adj

  1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) long-lived

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