HSK 6 · Society

司令 sīlìng “commander” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 司令 means

  1. commander
  2. commanding officer

How to say 司令

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale司sī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale令lìng4th tone, falling

司令 in a sentence

  1. 他的爷爷当过海军司令。

    Tā de yéye dāngguo hǎijūn sīlìng.

    His grandfather was once a naval commander.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 在游戏里，我扮演一个司令。

    Zài yóuxì lǐ, wǒ bànyǎn yí ge sīlìng.

    In the game, I play a commanding officer.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 司令 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 司 (sī) drawn as one shape
司sīto take charge of

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

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 司令

司 5 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.

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

Words related to 司令

Words with 司

公司gōngsī · company司机sījī · driver司法sīfǎ · judicial打官司dǎguānsi · to go to court

Words with 令

命令mìnglìng · order夏令营xiàlìngyíng · summer camp指令zhǐlìng · instruction

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FAQs

司令 (sīlìng) means “commander” or “commanding officer”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it sīlìng: sī with a 1st 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. 司令 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type siling with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 司令 from the suggestions. Typing siling into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
司令 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.