CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

命题

mìngtí

proposition (logic, math.)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

proposition (logic, math.)

to assign an essay topic

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 命题 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 命题 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

你书中提出了个有意思的命题。nǐ shū zhōng tí chū le gè yǒu yì si de mìng tí。

An interesting proposition is raised in your book.

不正确的命题听起来可能符合逻辑。bù zhèng què de mìng tí tīng qǐ lái kě néng fú hé luó jí。

An argument may be logically sound without being true.

如果存在一个既真又假的命题，那么所有命题都是既真又假的。反过来说，如果存在一个命题仅为真或仅为假，那么就不存在一个既真又假的命题。rú guǒ cún zài yí gè jì zhēn yòu jiǎ de mìng tí， nà me suǒ yǒu mìng tí dōu shì jì zhēn yòu jiǎ de。 fǎn guò lái shuō， rú guǒ cún zài yí gè mìng tí jǐn wèi zhēn huò jǐn wèi jiǎ， nà me jiù bù cún zài yí gè jì zhēn yòu jiǎ de mìng tí。

If there exists a proposition that is both true and false, then all propositions are both true and false. Conversely, if there exists a proposition that is solely true or solely false, then no proposition is both true and false.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 命题.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 命题.

Directly before

的命题4
反命题1
所有命题1
一个命题1

Directly after

命题也1
命题听1
命题都1
命题仅1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 命题

What does 命题 mean in Chinese?

命题 (mìngtí) means proposition (logic, math.).

How do you pronounce 命题?

命题 is pronounced mìngtí.

Is 命题 an HSK word?

命题 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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