命中

Chinese

		life; fate	to hit the mark
simp. and trad. (命中)		命	中

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	命	中
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mìng	zhòng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjæng^H ›	‹ trjuwng^H ›
Old Chinese	/m-riŋ-s/ (dialect: m-r- > mr-, -iŋ> *-eŋ)	/*truŋ-s/
English	command (n.)	hit the center
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

命中

to hit a target
- 力扼虎，射命中。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Lì è hǔ, shè mìngzhòng. [Pinyin]
  They have the strength to strangle tigers, the skill to hit whatever target they name.

Sino-Xenic (命中):

命(めい)中(ちゅう) • (meichū)

命(めい)中(ちゅう)する • (meichū suru) suru (stem 命(めい)中(ちゅう)し (meichū shi), past 命(めい)中(ちゅう)した (meichū shita))

Conjugation of "命中する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	命中し	めいちゅうし	meichū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	命中し	めいちゅうし	meichū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	命中する	めいちゅうする	meichū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	命中する	めいちゅうする	meichū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	命中すれ	めいちゅうすれ	meichū sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	命中せよ¹ 命中しろ²	めいちゅうせよ¹ めいちゅうしろ²	meichū seyo¹ meichū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	命中される	めいちゅうされる	meichū sareru
Causative	命中させる命中さす	めいちゅうさせるめいちゅうさす	meichū saseru meichū sasu
Potential	命中できる	めいちゅうできる	meichū dekiru
Volitional	命中しよう	めいちゅうしよう	meichū shiyō
Negative	命中しない	めいちゅうしない	meichū shinai
Negative continuative	命中せず	めいちゅうせず	meichū sezu
Formal	命中します	めいちゅうします	meichū shimasu
Perfective	命中した	めいちゅうした	meichū shita
Conjunctive	命中して	めいちゅうして	meichū shite
Hypothetical conditional	命中すれば	めいちゅうすれば	meichū sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Hanja in this term
命	中

命中 • (myeongjung) (hangeul 명중)