# 要命 (yàomìng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 要命 (yàomìng) means “extremely; terribly; damn it”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: extremely; terribly; damn it
- Pinyin: yàomìng (yao4 ming4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 今天外面的天气热得要命。
  Jīntiān wàimiàn de tiānqì rè de yàomìng.
  The weather outside today is terribly hot.

## Characters

- [要](https://hanziro.com/word/yao-want/) (yào): to want; will
- [命](https://hanziro.com/word/ming-life/) (mìng): life; fate

https://hanziro.com/word/yao-ming-extremely/

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