使命

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Noun

使命

  1. (diplomatic, figuratively) mission; set task; assignment
    歷史使命／历史使命  ―  lìshǐ shǐmìng  ―  historical mission

Usage notes

Generally, 任務／任务 (rènwù) refers to an ordinary task, while 使命 (shǐmìng) refers to a task of some importance.

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (使命):
  • → Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Korean: 사명(使命) (samyeong)
  • → Vietnamese: sứ mệnh (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
使 命
し
Grade: 3		 めい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

使(し)命(めい) • (shimei) 

  1. mission, errand, message

Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
使命

Noun

使命 • (samyeong) (hangeul 사명)

  1. Hanja form? of 사명 (“vocation; mission”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
使命

Noun

使命

  1. chữ Hán form of sứ mệnh (“mission; assignment”).
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