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
- 发号施令(發號施令) to send orders and give commands
- 令人钦佩(令人欽佩) admirable
- 脊令 wagtail
- 遵令 to obey orders
- 司令部 military headquarters; command center
- 令状(令狀) writ
- 节令(節令) a solar term ; festival ; a solar term
- 令人叹(令人嘆) to astonish
- 拿着鸡毛当令箭(拿著雞毛當令箭) to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority
- 令人不快 unpleasant; objectionable
- 总司令部(總司令部) general headquarters
- 令尊令堂 (honorific) your parents
- 马来西亚令吉(馬來西亞令吉) ringgit
- 时令(時令) a season
- 酒令 wine-drinking game
- 训令(訓令) order; instruction
- 假令 if; supposing that ; an acting county magistrate
- 挟天子以令诸侯(挾天子以令諸侯) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals
- 令人振奋(令人振奮) inspiring; exciting; rousing
- 春令 spring; springtime; spring weather
- 命令句 imperative sentence
- 巧言令色鲜矣仁(巧言令色鮮矣仁) flattering speech and an ingratiating expression are rarely associated with virtue
- 申令 an order; a command
- 海军总司令(海軍總司令) admiral
- 动员令(動員令) order of mobilization
- 总司令(總司令) commander-in-chief
- 密令 secret instruction; secret order
- 令名 good name; reputation
- 秋令 autumn; autumn weather
- 行令 to issue orders
- 空军司令(空軍司令) air commodore; top commander of air force
- 遣令 to dispatch an emissary
- 雷司令 Riesling (grape type)
- 绕口令(繞口令) tongue-twister
- 拗口令 tongue twister
- 令行禁止 if he orders you go, he forbids you stop; to demand exact compliance with instructions
- 令人 to cause one to; to lead one to
- 朝令夕改 to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy
- 纵令(縱令) to indulge; to give free rein; even if ; to indulge; to give free rein; even if
Also contained in
已生的善法,令它增长 、 丹马令 、 教令轮 、 命令行 、 律令 、 令阃 、 掌畜令 、 剃发令 、 命令列 、 精简指令集 、 骑马令 、 大行令
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 不孝令 (不孝令) 且是以不孝令也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2