Dictionary › 口令

口令

kǒu lìng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

口令 (kǒu lìng) means "oral command; a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts); password (used by sentry)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 口令 means

1. oral command
2. a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts)
3. password (used by sentry)

The characters in 口令

• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 令lìngto order; to command; an order

Example sentences

• 你最喜欢哪一个绕口令？
  Nǐ zuì xǐhuan nǎyīge ràokǒulìng?
  What's your favorite tongue twister?

Words containing 口令

• 绕口令rào kǒu lìngtongue-twister
• 拗口令ào kǒu lìngtongue twister

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kǒu lìng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.