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
- 当令(當令) to be in season / seasonal
- 肯尼亚先令(肯尼亞先令) Kenya shilling
- 白令海峡(白令海峽) the Bering Strait
- 纵令(縱令) to indulge / to give free rein / even if ; to indulge / to give free rein / even if
- 令节(令節) festive season / happy time / noble principle
- 号令如山(號令如山) order like a mountain / a military order is inviolable / strict discipline
- 令吉 ringgit
- 县令(縣令) County Prefect
- 禁令 a prohibition / a ban
- 令狐 Linghu ; Linghu
- 夏令 summer / summer weather
- 词令(詞令) polite speech / diplomatic terms / rhetoric
- 教令 to drill / to train
- 京畿令 commander of the capital region
- 令和 Reiwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign
- 令人振奋(令人振奮) inspiring / exciting / rousing
- 令堂 (honorific) your mother
- 行酒令 to play a drinking game
- 驱逐令(驅逐令) banishment order / expulsion warrant
- 禁酒令 prohibition / ban on alcohol
- 司令部 headquarters / military command center
- 节令(節令) a solar term
- 得令 to follow your orders / roger! / yessir!
- 马来西亚令吉(馬來西亞令吉) ringgit
- 传令兵(傳令兵) orderly
- 令牌 wooden or metal token of authority / decree / directive / token
- 时令(時令) a season
- 口令 password ; oral command
- 将令(將令) a command / an order
- 即令 even if / even though
- 达令(達令) Darling
- 拗口令 tongue twister
- 通缉令(通緝令) order for arrest / wanted circular / wanted poster
- 号令(號令) an order (especially army) / bugle call expressing military order / verbal command
- 取消禁令 to lift a prohibition / to lift a ban
- 法令 a decree / an ordinance / a law
- 使令 to direct / to order
- 令药(令藥) seasonal medication
- 令嬡 (your) daughter
- 朝令夕改 to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy
- 利令智昏 to lose one's head through material greed
- 司令官 commander / officer in charge
- 空军司令(空軍司令) air commodore / top commander of air force
- 强令(強令) to order by force / peremptory
Also contained in
教令轮 、 符节令 、 令阃 、 已生的善法,令它增长 、 小令 、 太史令 、 掌畜令
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
- 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 — 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