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命令

Mandarin · pinyin mìng lìng

Meanings

  1. order
  2. command
  3. Classifier: 道 dào, 個 gè
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命
mìng · life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
令
lìng · command, order; 'commandant', magistrate; allow, cause
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4–4 · ming4 ling4

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ming6 ling6

Cantonese word readings for 命令. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. order; command; directive

verb

  1. to order; to command

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