HSK 6 · Science

指令 zhǐlìng “instruction” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 指令 means

  1. instruction
  2. command
  3. order

How to say 指令

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale指zhǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale令lìng4th tone, falling

指令 in a sentence

  1. 足球教练站在边线上对自己的队伍喊出指令。

    Zúqiú jiàoliàn zhàn zài biānxiàn shàng duì zìjǐ de duìwu hǎn chū zhǐlìng.

    The football coach stood on the sideline shouting instructions to his team.

    Sentence #3579578 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 指令 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 指 (zhǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
指zhǐfinger
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 旨aim · zhǐ
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 指令

指 9 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.

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

Words related to 指令

Words with 指

指zhǐ · finger手指shǒuzhǐ · finger戒指jièzhi · (finger) ring指导zhǐdǎo · to guide指挥zhǐhuī · to conduct指甲zhǐjia · fingernail指示zhǐshì · to instruct指责zhǐzé · to criticise指定zhǐdìng · to appoint指望zhǐwàng · to count on

Words with 令

命令mìnglìng · order夏令营xiàlìngyíng · summer camp司令sīlìng · commander

More words: Science & Technology

程序chéngxù · procedures充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger电池diànchí · battery运算yùnsuàn · mathematical operation运行yùnxíng · to run正负zhèngfù · positive and negative直径zhíjìng · diameter智能zhìnéng · smart

FAQs

指令 (zhǐlìng) means “instruction” or “command”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhǐlìng: zhǐ with a 3rd 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. 指令 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhiling with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 指令 from the suggestions. Typing zhiling into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
指令 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.