令
lìnglínglǐng HSK5

command

令 lìng frequency
cause verb
to cause or make something happen

这个好消息令人十分振奋。

zhè gè hǎo xiāo​xi lìng rén shí​fēn zhèn​fèn.

This good news is very heartening.

command noun
to order or command; an official order, warrant, or writ

军令如山，不得违抗。

jūn lìng rú​shān, bù dé wéi​kàng.

Military orders are absolute and must not be disobeyed.

honorific proper name
virtuous; an honorific title used when referring to others' relatives

令尊最近身体好吗？

lìng zūn zuì​jìn shēn​tǐ hǎo ma?

How is your father's health lately?

season noun
a season or a specific period of time

这些都是当季的时令蔬菜。

zhè​xiē dōu shì dāng​jì de shí lìng shū​cài.

These are all seasonal vegetables.

song noun
a type of short song or poem, especially in the context of Ci poetry

这首《如梦令》词意优美。

zhè shǒu《 rú​mèng lìng》 cí​yì yōu​měi.

The lyrics of this 'Ru Meng Ling' are beautiful.

magistrate noun
an ancient government official or position, such as a county magistrate

县令在古代负责管理一县的事务。

xiàn​lìng zài gǔ​dài fù​zé guǎn​lǐ yī xiàn de shì​wù.

In ancient times, the county magistrate was responsible for managing the affairs of a county.

令 líng
surname component proper name
used in the double-character surname Linghu

令狐冲是一位著名的武侠人物。

líng hú chōng shì yī wèi zhù​míng de wǔ​xiá rén​wù.

Linghu Chong is a famous character in martial arts fiction.

wagtail component noun
used in the word 脊令 jǐ​líng, meaning wagtail

脊令是《诗经》中提到的鸟类。

jǐ líng shì《 Shī​jīng》 zhōng tí​dào de niǎo​lèi.

The wagtail is a bird mentioned in the Classic of Poetry.

令 lǐng
ream measure word
classifier for a ream of paper

他买了一令打印纸。

tā mǎi le yī lǐng dǎ​yìn​zhǐ.

He bought a ream of printer paper.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)