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令

lìng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character

令 (lìng) means "used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]); classifier for a ream of paper". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 令 means

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

Other readings

令 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• língused in {脊令|jí líng}; used in {令狐|Líng hú} (Taiwan pr. lìng)
• lǐngclassifier for a ream of paper

Example sentences

• 令人遗憾。
  Regrettable.
• 真的令人丧气。
  Zhēn de lìngrén sàngqì.
  It was truly depressing.
• 那真令人鼓舞。
  Nà zhēn lìngréngǔwǔ.
  That's encouraging.
• 汤姆服从命令。
  Tom follows orders.
• 它令您快乐吗？
  Does it please you?
• 你会令她害羞。
  You'll embarrass her.

Words starting with 令

• 令狐Líng húold place name (in present-day Linyi County 临猗县; two-character surname Linghu
• 令人满意lìng rén mǎn yìsatisfying; satisfactory
• 令人发指lìng rén fà zhǐ(idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing
• 令尊lìng zūnYour esteemed father (honorific)
• 令人振奋lìng rén zhèn fèninspiring; exciting; rousing
• 令人lìng rénto cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc)
• 令名lìng mínggood name; reputation
• 令和Lìng héReiwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (2019-) of emperor Naruhito 德仁
• 令爱lìng ài(courteous) your daughter
• 令正lìng zhèng(honorific) your wife
• 令状lìng zhuàngwrit
• 令节lìng jiéfestive season; happy time; noble principle
• 令人不快lìng rén bù kuàiunpleasant; objectionable
• 令亲lìng qīnYour esteemed parent (honorific)
• 令行禁止lìng xíng jìn zhǐ(lit.) orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom)…
• 令吉lìng jíringgit (Malaysian currency unit)
• 令牌lìng pái(archaic) wooden or metal token of authority; (fig.) decree; directive
• 令牌环lìng pái huántoken ring
• 令牌环网lìng pái huán wǎngtoken ring network
• 令堂lìng táng(honorific) your mother
• 令尊令堂lìng zūn lìng táng(honorific) your parents
• 令弟lìng dìhonorable little brother
• 令兄lìng xiōngYour esteemed older brother (honorific)
• 令誉lìng yùhonorable reputation

Words containing 令

• 命令mìng lìngorder; command
• 指令zhǐ lìngto order; to command; an order; a command; an instruction
• 司令sī lìngcommanding officer
• 夏令营xià lìng yíngsummer camp
• 下令xià lìngto give an order; to issue an order
• 司令部sī lìng bùheadquarters; military command center
• 禁令jìn lìngprohibition; ban
• 总司令zǒng sī lìngcommander-in-chief; top military commander for a country or theater of operations
• 口令kǒu lìngoral command; a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts)…
• 法令fǎ lìngdecree; ordinance
• 责令zé lìngto order; to enjoin; to charge
• 勒令lè lìngto order; to force
• 司令员sī lìng yuáncommander
• 先令xiān lìng(loanword) shilling
• 号令hào lìngan order (esp. army); bugle call expressing military order; verbal command
• 司令官sī lìng guāncommander; officer in charge
• 县令xiàn lìngcounty magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
• 时令shí lìngseason
• 绕口令rào kǒu lìngtongue-twister
• 通缉令tōng jī lìngorder for arrest; wanted circular; wanted poster
• 发号施令fā hào shī lìngto boss people around (idiom)
• 传令chuán lìngto transmit an order
• 政令zhèng lìnggovernment decree
• 喝令hè lìngto shout an order or command

Characters that look like 令

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 今jīnnow; the present time; current
• 夺duóto seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of
• 夸kuāused in transliteration

Sounds the same

Read lìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 另other; another; separate
• 呤used in 嘌呤; Taiwan pr. líng

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lìng correctly.
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