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令 lìng command

command; order

  • HSK 5
  • 5 strokes

How it came to be

A figure kneeling under a cover, taking something handed down from above. What reaches somebody on their knees is an order.

How it is used

  • Formal/written for "command, order": 命令 (mìnglìng, order/command), 下令 (xiàlìng, to issue an order), 口令 (kǒulìng, password or drill command).
  • As a causative verb "to make someone feel X", it's literary register: 令人满意 (lìng rén mǎnyì, satisfying).
  • In everyday speech, 让 (ràng) or 使 (shǐ) does this causative job instead of 令.

Characters built with 令

Words with 令

Example sentences

  • 这个消息令人吃惊。 Zhège xiāoxi lìngrén chījīng.The news is surprising.