HSK 5 · Society

命令 mìnglìng “order” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 命令 means

  1. order
  2. command

Measure word 道 dào or 个 gè · 一道命令 yí dào mìnglìng

How to say 命令

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale命mìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale令lìng4th tone, falling

命令 in a sentence

  1. 他的医生命令他休息。

    Tā de yīshēng mìnglìng tā xiūxi.

    His doctor ordered him to rest.

    Sentence #333530 from Tatoeba

  2. 我们必须执行他的命令。

    Wǒmen bìxū zhíxíng tā de mìnglìng.

    We must carry out his orders.

    Sentence #8800301 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他命令我早点上床睡觉。

    Tā mìnglìng wǒ zǎo diǎn shàngchuáng shuìjiào.

    He ordered me to go to bed early.

    Sentence #2192794 from Tatoeba

How 命令 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 命 (mìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
命mìnglife
  • 令command · líng
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 令 (lìng) drawn as one shape
令lìngto order

令 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 命令

命 8 strokes · 令 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

命令 (mìnglìng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 命令 (mìnglìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 命令

Words with 命

生命shēngmìng · life寿命shòumìng · life span命运mìngyùn · fate性命xìngmìng · life (of a person or animal)命名mìngmíng · to name拼命pīnmìng · desperately任命rènmìng · to appoint革命gémìng · revolution使命shǐmìng · mission要命yàomìng · terribly

Words with 令

夏令营xiàlìngyíng · summer camp司令sīlìng · commander指令zhǐlìng · instruction

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纪律jìlǜ · discipline军事jūnshì · military affairs雷léi · thunder理论lǐlùn · theory批准pīzhǔn · to approve枪qiāng · gun权力quánlì · power权利quánlì · right (an entitlement)

FAQs

命令 (mìnglìng) means “order” or “command”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it mìnglìng: mìng with a 4th tone, then lìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 命令 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 道 (dào) or 个 (gè). For example, one order is 一道命令 (yí dào mìnglìng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mingling with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 命令 from the suggestions. Typing mingling into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
命令 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.