Chinese symbol for “desperately”
没命
méi mìng
Traditional: 沒命
to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately
The closest CC-CEDICT match for desperately is 没命 (méi mìng), defined as: to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “desperately”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 没命.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 有没有 (有沒有) | yǒu méi yǒu | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...? |
| 没什么 (沒什麼) | méi shén me | it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome |
| 没错 (沒錯) | méi cuò | that's right; sure! |
| 没想到 (沒想到) | méi xiǎng dào | didn't expect |
| 没事 (沒事) | méi shì | it's not important; it's nothing |
| 革命 | gé mìng | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution |
| 生命 | shēng mìng | life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (条 (tiáo)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “desperately”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.