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命令

mìng lìng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 道、个

命令 (mìng lìng) means "order, command". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 命令 means

1. order
2. command

The characters in 命令

• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command
• 令lìngto order; to command; an order

Example sentences

• 汤姆服从命令。
  Tom follows orders.
• 他的话就是命令。
  His word is law.
• 他们服从了命令。
  They obeyed orders.
• 警察命令他们停手。
  The policeman commanded them to stop.
• 汤姆只按命令行事。
  Tom just does what he's told to do.
• 他的医生命令他休息。
  His doctor ordered him to rest.

Words starting with 命令

• 命令列mìng lìng liècommand line (computing) (Tw)
• 命令行mìng lìng háng(computing) command line
• 命令句mìng lìng jùimperative sentence

Words containing 命令

• 行政命令xíng zhèng mìng lìngexecutive order

Where 命令 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Life, Fate & Command (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read mìng lìng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.