Fate in Chinese
fate · HSK 5
命运
- 命 life
- 运 to move
Counted with 种: 一种命运
他不相信命运，只相信自己。 He doesn't believe in fate, only in himself.
Other ways to say fate
More words with 命 or 运
How do you say fate in Chinese?
Fate in Chinese is 命运 (mìng yùn). You can also say 命 (mìng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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