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司令

sī lìng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

司令 (sī lìng) means "commanding officer". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 司令 means

1. commanding officer

The characters in 司令

• 司sīto take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
• 令lìngto order; to command; an order

Words starting with 司令

• 司令部sī lìng bùheadquarters; military command center
• 司令员sī lìng yuáncommander
• 司令官sī lìng guāncommander; officer in charge

Words containing 司令

• 总司令zǒng sī lìngcommander-in-chief; top military commander for a country or theater of operations
• 总司令部zǒng sī lìng bùgeneral headquarters
• 雷司令Léi sī lìngRiesling (grape type)
• 副司令fù sī lìngsecond in command
• 光杆司令guāng gǎn sī lìngcommander without any soldiers; (fig.) leader without a team; solo entrepreneur

Where 司令 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shuàn–sī (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sī lìng correctly.
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