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lìng
HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. to order
  2. 2. to command
  3. 3. an order
  4. 4. warrant
  5. 5. writ
  6. 6. to cause
  7. 7. to make sth happen
  8. 8. virtuous
  9. 9. honorific title
  10. 10. season
  11. 11. type of short song or poem

Example Sentences

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你快樂嗎 ?
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13265699)

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Words Containing 令

号令如山
hào lìng rú shān

lit. order like a mountain

发令枪
fā lìng qiāng

starting pistol

禁制令
jìn zhì lìng

prohibition

副司令
fù sī lìng

second in command

遵令
zūn lìng

to obey orders

令爱
lìng ài

(courteous) your daughter

下令
xià lìng

to give an order

令人鼓舞
lìng rén gǔ wǔ

encouraging

令节
lìng jié

festive season

令名
lìng míng

good name

即令
jí lìng

even if

夏令营
xià lìng yíng

summer camp

令慈
lìng cí

Your esteemed mother (honorific)

令人
lìng rén

to cause one (to do sth)

令药
lìng yào

seasonal medication

违令
wéi lìng

to disobey

噤声令
jìn shēng lìng

gag order

责令
zé lìng

to order

色令智昏
sè lìng zhì hūn

to lose one's head over lust

令吉
lìng jí

ringgit (Malaysian currency unit)

指令集
zhǐ lìng jí

(computing) instruction set

司令官
sī lìng guān

commander

诏令
zhào lìng

imperial order

令人吃惊
lìng rén chī jīng

to shock

指令名字
zhǐ lìng míng zì

command name

墨累达令流域
mò lèi dá lìng liú yù

Murray-Darling river system in the southeast of Australia

口令
kǒu lìng

oral command

令誉
lìng yù

honorable reputation

不令人鼓舞
bù lìng rén gǔ wǔ

discouraging

袁于令
yuán yú lìng

Yuan Yuling (-1674) Qing writer, author of 西樓記|西楼记[xī lóu jì]

得令
dé lìng

to follow your orders

夏令时
xià lìng shí

daylight saving time

语音指令
yǔ yīn zhǐ lìng

speech command (for computer speech recognition)

政令
zhèng lìng

government decree

搜查令
sōu chá lìng

search warrant

令人振奋
lìng rén zhèn fèn

inspiring

驱逐令
qū zhú lìng

banishment order

司令部
sī lìng bù

headquarters

行酒令
xíng jiǔ lìng

to play a drinking game

秋令
qiū lìng

autumn

令郎
lìng láng

your esteemed son (honorific)

德令哈市
dé lìng hā shì

Delingha city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[hǎi xī měng gǔ zú zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

信令
xìn lìng

signaling (engineering)

达令
dá lìng

Darling (name)

命令句
mìng lìng jù

imperative sentence

令正
lìng zhèng

your wife (honorific)

军令状
jūn lìng zhuàng

military order

令堂
lìng táng

(honorific) your mother

总司令
zǒng sī lìng

commander-in-chief

赦令
shè lìng

amnesty

白令海
bái lìng hǎi

Bering Sea

指令
zhǐ lìng

order

令弟
lìng dì

honorable little brother

拗口令
ào kǒu lìng

tongue twister

令尊令堂
lìng zūn lìng táng

(honorific) your parents

令尊
lìng zūn

Your esteemed father (honorific)

发令
fā lìng

to issue an order

禁止令行
jìn zhǐ lìng xíng

see 令行禁止[lìng xíng jìn zhǐ]

令牌
lìng pái

(archaic) wooden or metal token of authority

行令
xíng lìng

to issue orders

辞令
cí lìng

polite speech

令阃
lìng kǔn

your wife (honorific)

一个将军一个令
yī gè jiāng jūn yī gè lìng

lit. one general, one order (idiom)

明令
míng lìng

to decree

巧言令色
qiǎo yán lìng sè

to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)

利令智昏
lì lìng zhì hūn

to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)

强令
qiáng lìng

to order by force

令人发指
lìng rén fà zhǐ

(idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing

通缉令
tōng jī lìng

order for arrest

令牌环
lìng pái huán

token ring

军令如山
jūn lìng rú shān

military orders are like mountains (idiom)

司令员
sī lìng yuán

commander

先令
xiān lìng

shilling (loanword)

酒令
jiǔ lìng

wine-drinking game

令和
lìng hé

Reiwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (2019-) of emperor Naruhito 德仁[dé rén]

朝令夕改
zhāo lìng xī gǎi

to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)

令亲
lìng qīn

Your esteemed parent (honorific)

假令
jiǎ lìng

if

三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn

to order again and again (idiom)

传令兵
chuán lìng bīng

(military) messenger

拿着鸡毛当令箭
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn

to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext

令人不快
lìng rén bù kuài

unpleasant

月令
yuè lìng

typical weather in a given season

令状
lìng zhuàng

writ

空军司令
kōng jūn sī lìng

air commodore

令人钦佩
lìng rén qīn pèi

admirable

命令行
mìng lìng háng

command line (computing)

德令哈
dé lìng hā

Delingha city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[hǎi xī měng gǔ zú zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

总司令部
zǒng sī lìng bù

general headquarters

密令
mì lìng

secret instruction

太史令
tài shǐ lìng

grand scribe (official position in many Chinese states up to the Han)

令狐德棻
líng hú dé fēn

Linghu Defen (583-666), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Zhou of the Northern dynasties 周書|周书

法令
fǎ lìng

decree; ordinance

禁酒令
jìn jiǔ lìng

prohibition

令箭
lìng jiàn

arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority)

迫令
pò lìng

to order

禁令
jìn lìng

prohibition

令人满意
lìng rén mǎn yì

satisfying

令人叹
lìng rén tàn

to astonish

剃发令
tì fà lìng

the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646

县令
xiàn lìng

county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)

行政命令
xíng zhèng mìng lìng

executive order

当令
dāng lìng

to be in season

法令纹
fǎ lìng wén

smile lines

令牌环网
lìng pái huán wǎng

token ring network

动员令
dòng yuán lìng

mobilization order

取消禁令
qǔ xiāo jìn lìng

to lift a prohibition

喝令
hè lìng

to shout an order or command

纵令
zòng lìng

to indulge

戒严令
jiè yán lìng

martial law

特赦令
tè shè lìng

decree to grant a special pardon

勒令
lè lìng

to order

命令
mìng lìng

order

逐客令
zhú kè lìng

the First Emperor's order to expel foreigners

冬令
dōng lìng

winter

雷司令
léi sī lìng

Riesling (grape type)

申令
shēn lìng

an order

号令
hào lìng

an order (esp. army)

悬赏令
xuán shǎng lìng

an order to post a reward (for the capture of a criminal)

夏令
xià lìng

summer

授权令
shòu quán lìng

warrant (law)

训令
xùn lìng

order

令行禁止
lìng xíng jìn zhǐ

lit. orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom)fig. to execute every order without fail

绕口令
rào kǒu lìng

tongue-twister

冬令时
dōng lìng shí

standard time (as opposed to daylight saving time 夏令時|夏令时[xià lìng shí])

白令海峡
bái lìng hǎi xiá

the Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska)

时令
shí lìng

season

发号施令
fā hào shī lìng

to boss people around (idiom)

功令
gōng lìng

decree

将令
jiàng lìng

an order

判令
pàn lìng

decree

传令
chuán lìng

to transmit an order

任令
rèn lìng

to allow (sth to happen)

司令
sī lìng

commanding officer

春令
chūn lìng

spring

下逐客令
xià zhú kè lìng

to ask sb to leave