Chinese Notes

令 lìng

lìng verb to make / to cause to be / to lead
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 令 is synonymous with 使 or 让. In Literary Chinese 令 can be used as a transitory verb with two arguments in a pivot construction. This has the pattern A 令 B C, where A leads B to do C (Guoyu '令' v 2; Kroll '令' 7; Pulleyblank 1995, pp. 40-41; Unihan '令').
lìng noun to issue a command
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '令' v 1; Kroll '令' 1)
lìng verb rules of behavior / customs
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 辞令 polite speech (Kroll '令' 6a)
lìng noun an order / a command / an edict / a decree / a statute
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 令 is synonymous with 命令 or 法令 (Guoyu '令' n 1; Kroll '令' 6; Unihan '令').
lìng noun a season
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 令 is synonymous with 时令 or 季节 (Guoyu '令' n 2; Kroll '令' 4).
lìng noun respected / good reputation
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '令' adj 2; Kroll '令' 3a)
lìng adjective good
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 令 is synonymous with 美善 (Guoyu '令' adj 1).
lìng adjective pretentious
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll '令' 3b)
lìng noun a transcending state of existence
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll '令' 7)
lìng noun a commander
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 县令 'county magistrate' (Kroll '令' 2)
lìng noun a commanding quality / an impressive character
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll '令' 3)
lìng noun lyrics
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 小令 xiaoling - a particular form of verse (Guoyu '令' n 3)
lìng proper noun Ling
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '令' n 4)

Contained in

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Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
Book of Song 《宋書》	卷三十八志第二十八州郡四 Volume 38 Treatises 28: Administrative Districts 4	319
Book of Song 《宋書》	卷三十五志第二十五州郡一 Volume 35 Treatises 25: Administrative Districts 1	265
Book of Song 《宋書》	卷三十六志第二十六州郡二 Volume 36 Treatises 26: Administrative Districts 2	236
Book of Song 《宋書》	卷三十七志第二十七州郡三 Volume 37 Treatises 27: Administrative Districts 3	224
Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》	卷四十四志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3	188
History of Yuan 《元史》	卷八十四　志第三十四: 　選舉四 Volume 84 Treatises 37: Selection of Officials 4	183
Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》	卷四十二志第二十二: 職官一 Volume 42 Treatises 22: Government Service 1	171
New Book of Tang 《新唐書》	卷七十五上　　　表第十五上　宰相世系五上 Volume 75a Tables 21: Chancellors Genealogy 5a	159
New Book of Tang 《新唐書》	卷七十二上　　　表第十二上　宰相世系二上 Volume 72a Tables 14: Chancellors Genealogy 2a	156
History of Yuan 《元史》	卷八十三　志第三十三: 　選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3	154

Collocations

Simplified	Traditional	Example	Example Reference	Frequency
令德	令德	令德壽豈	The Book of Songs 《詩經》小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧蓼蕭 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Liao Xiao	20
令闻	令聞	令聞不已	The Book of Songs 《詩經》大雅‧文王之什‧文王 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Wen Wang	8
戒令	戒令	掌其戒令	The Book of Rites 《禮記》《燕義》 The Meaning of the Banquet	6
卢令	盧令	盧令	The Book of Songs 《詩經》國風‧齊‧盧令 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Lu Ling	4
令终	令終	高朗令終	The Book of Songs 《詩經》大雅‧生民之什‧既醉 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Ji Jiu	3
令仪	令儀	莫不令儀	The Book of Songs 《詩經》小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧湛露 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Zhan Lu	3
令诸侯	令諸侯	令諸侯三歲而聘	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》昭公 Lord Zhao	3
征令	徵令	掌百官府之徵令	Rites of Zhou 《周禮》天官冢宰第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister	3
令曰	令曰	荀偃令曰	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》襄公 Lord Xiang	3
令龟	令龜	惠伯令龜	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》文公 Lord Wen	3