令 lìng
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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 2015 '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 2015 '令' 1) -
lìng
verb
rules of behavior; customs
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 辞令 polite speech (Kroll 2015 '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 2015 '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 2015 '令' 4). -
lìng
noun
respected; good reputation
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '令' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '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 2015 '令' 3b) -
lìng
noun
a transcending state of existence
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '令' 7) -
lìng
noun
a commander
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 县令 'county magistrate' (Kroll 2015 '令' 2) -
lìng
noun
a commanding quality; an impressive character
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '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 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '令' n 4)
Contained in
- 令人叹(令人嘆) to astonish
- 不令人知 to do in secret
- 拗口令 tongue twister
- 噤声令(噤聲令) gag order
- 不令人鼓舞 discouraging; disheartening
- 令人发指(令人髮指) to make one's hair stand up in anger; to raise people's hackles
- 挟天子以令诸侯(挾天子以令諸侯) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals
- 密令 secret instruction; secret order
- 索马里先令(索馬裡先令) Somali shilling
- 令尊 Your esteemed father
- 司令 commanding officer; commander
- 令狐 Linghu ; Linghu
- 法令纹(法令紋) nasolabial fold; smile lines; laugh lines
- 发号施令(發號施令) to send orders and give commands
- 勒令 to order; to force
- 伊斯兰教令(伊斯蘭教令) fatwa
- 令人 to cause one to; to lead one to
- 京畿令 commander of the capital region
- 令节(令節) festive season; happy time; noble principle
- 令正 your wife ; Consul
- 思君令人老 thinking of you has made me suddenly old
- 驱逐令(驅逐令) banishment order; expulsion warrant
- 即令 even if; even though
- 敕令 to issue an imperial order or edict
- 令郎 your esteemed son (honorific)
- 总司令部(總司令部) general headquarters
- 教令 to drill; to train
- 信令 signaling
- 令箭 arrow banner of command
- 令慈 Your esteemed mother (honorific)
- 逐客令 the First Emperor's order to expel foreigners; notice to leave
- 饶口令(饒口令) a tongue twister
- 袁于令 Yuan Yuling
- 令德 merit ; a wise person
- 训令(訓令) order; instruction
- 行酒令 to play a drinking game
- 责令(責令) to order; to enjoin; to charge; to instruct somebody to finish sth
- 强令(強令) to order by force; peremptory
- 口令 password ; oral command
- 遵令 to obey orders
- 命令 an order; a command ; to order; to command
- 令状(令狀) writ
- 色令智昏 to lose one's head over lust; sex-crazy
- 诏令(詔令) imperial order
Also contained in
丹马令 、 单马令 、 命令列 、 命令行 、 符节令 、 德令哈市 、 口令破解
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十八 志第二十八 州郡四 Volume 38 Treatises 28: Administrative Districts 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 319
- 卷三十五 志第二十五 州郡一 Volume 35 Treatises 25: Administrative Districts 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 265
- 卷三十六 志第二十六 州郡二 Volume 36 Treatises 26: Administrative Districts 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 236
- 卷三十七 志第二十七 州郡三 Volume 37 Treatises 27: Administrative Districts 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 224
- 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 187
- 卷八十四 志第三十四: 選舉四 Volume 84 Treatises 37: Selection of Officials 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 183
- 卷四十二 志第二十二: 職官一 Volume 42 Treatises 22: Government Service 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 169
- 卷七十五上 表第十五上 宰相世系五上 Volume 75a Tables 21: Chancellors Genealogy 5a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 157
- 卷七十二上 表第十二上 宰相世系二上 Volume 72a Tables 14: Chancellors Genealogy 2a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 156
- 卷八十三 志第三十三: 選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 154
Collocations
- 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 — count: 7
- 戒令 (戒令) 掌其戒令 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《燕義》 The Meaning of the Banquet — count: 6
- 令群 (令群) 則令群吏致事 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 5
- 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 — count: 4
- 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 — count: 3
- 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 — count: 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 — count: 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 — count: 3
- 令贡赋 (令貢賦) 以令貢賦 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 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 — count: 3