令 lìng

1. 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').
2. lìng noun to issue a command
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '令' v 1; Kroll 2015 '令' 1)
3. lìng verb rules of behavior; customs
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 辞令 polite speech (Kroll 2015 '令' 6a)
4. 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').
5. 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).
6. lìng noun respected; good reputation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '令' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '令' 3a)
7. lìng adjective good
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 令 is synonymous with 美善 (Guoyu '令' adj 1).
8. lìng adjective pretentious
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '令' 3b)
9. lìng noun a transcending state of existence
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '令' 7)
10. lìng noun a commander
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 县令 'county magistrate' (Kroll 2015 '令' 2)
11. lìng noun a commanding quality; an impressive character
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '令' 3)
12. 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)
13. lìng proper noun Ling
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '令' n 4)

Contained in

• 总司令(總司令) commander-in-chief
• 酒令 wine-drinking game
• 号令如山(號令如山) order like a mountain; a military order is inviolable; strict discipline
• 月令 typical weather in a given season
• 夏令 summer; summer weather
• 令慈 Your esteemed mother (honorific)
• 纵令(縱令) to indulge; to give free rein; even if ; to indulge; to give free rein; even if
• 脊令在原 wagtails in the field [help each other like brothers in times of need]
• 伊斯兰教令(伊斯蘭教令) fatwa
• 令状(令狀) writ
• 令狐 Linghu ; Linghu
• 强令(強令) to order by force; peremptory
• 常令 a standing order
• 禁酒令 prohibition; ban on alcohol
• 令亲(令親) Your esteemed parent
• 教令 to drill; to train
• 军令如山(軍令如山) military orders are like mountains; a military order must be obeyed
• 时令(時令) a season
• 驱逐令(驅逐令) banishment order; expulsion warrant
• 发令枪(發令槍) starting pistol
• 令人激赏(令人激賞) to lead people to be full of admiration
• 号令(號令) an order (especially army); bugle call expressing military order; verbal command
• 令人不快 unpleasant; objectionable
• 令名 good name; reputation
• 遣令 to dispatch an emissary
• 司令部 military headquarters; command center
• 朝令夕改 to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy
• 勒令 to order; to force
• 命令法 imperative
• 袁于令 Yuan Yuling
• 下逐客令 to ask somebody to leave; to show somebody the door; to give a tenant notice to leave
• 政令 a government decree
• 令人吃惊(令人吃驚) to shock; to amaze
• 特赦令 decree to grant a special pardon
• 密令 secret instruction; secret order
• 令人发指(令人髮指) to make one's hair stand up in anger; to raise people's hackles
• 白令海 Bering Sea
• 巧言令色 to flatter with artful speech and ingratiating manners
• 将令(將令) a command; an order
• 行令 to issue orders
• 通缉令(通緝令) order for arrest; wanted circular; wanted poster
• 行酒令 to play a drinking game
• 冬令 winter; winter climate

Also contained in

律令法 、 长安令 、 符节令 、 命令行 、 骑马令 、 精简指令集 、 小令 、 教令轮身

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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
• 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: 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
• 令野 (令野) 令野修道委積 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — 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
• 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