令
lìnglǐnglíng HSK5

command

令 lìng frequency
to cause verb
to cause; to make something happen

我知道我令你很失望。

wǒ zhī​dao wǒ lìng nǐ hěn shī wàng.

I know I've disappointed you.

读书令你快乐吗？

dú shū lìng nǐ kuài​lè ma?

Does reading make you happy?

to order noun
to order; to command; a decree; a warrant or writ

“现在就把他移走”，法官在几次警告后下令。

“ xiàn​zài jiù bǎ tā yí zǒu”, fǎ​guān zài jǐ​cì jǐng​gào hòu xià lìng.

“Remove him now,” the judge ordered after several warnings.

season noun
(bound form) a season or the weather of a season
[honorific]
(bound form) a polite prefix used to refer to someone else's relatives
virtuous
(bound form) good; virtuous; honorable
short song; drinking game
(bound form) a type of short poem or song; a drinking game
magistrate
(historical) a government official or magistrate
surname
a Chinese surname
令 lǐng
ream
ream (a measure word for paper)
令 líng
[name/biology]
(bound form) used in the family name 令狐 lìng​hú or in the name of the wagtail bird 脊令 jí​líng

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
378th most common 592.1 per million
Movie subtitles
538th most common 263.2 per million appears in 63% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
191.5 per million appears in 45% of films
Written text
124.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+4EE4

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)