一命: Definitions and Translations

Definitions (Wiktionary)

Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)

Examples (粵典–words.hk)

Cantonese
佢救过我一命，系我嘅恩人。
佢救過我一命，係我嘅恩人。
keoi5 gau3 gwo3 ngo5 jat1 meng6, hai6 ngo5 ge3 jan1 jan4.
- He has saved my life. He is my saviour.
Cantonese
呢个医生救咗我一命。
呢個醫生救咗我一命。
ni1 go3 ji1 sang1 gau3 zo2 ngo5 jat1 meng6.
- This doctor saved my life.
Cantonese
佢重病又唔睇医生，几日之后就一命呜呼，一啲都唔意外。
佢重病又唔睇醫生，幾日之後就一命嗚呼，一啲都唔意外。
keoi5 cung5 beng6 jau6 m4 tai2 ji1 sang1, gei2 jat6 zi1 hau6 zau6 jat1 ming6 wu1 fu1, jat1 di1 dou1 m4 ji3 ngoi6.
- He did't seek help from doctors when he was sick. Unsurprisingly, he died a few days later.
Cantonese
佢救过你一命，你竟然要害佢，你真系一个忘恩负义嘅人。
佢救過你一命，你竟然要害佢，你真係一個忘恩負義嘅人。
keoi5 gau3 gwo3 nei5 jat1 meng6, nei5 ging2 jin4 jiu3 hoi6 keoi5, nei5 zan1 hai6 jat1 go3 mong4 jan1 fu6 ji6 ge3 jan4.
- He saved your life and you are still going to harm him, you're really an ungrateful backstabber.

Examples (Wiktionary)

一命 [－－]