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命令

Cantonese · source Jyutpingming6 ling6

to order or command

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

ming66 · low levelling66 · low level

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Same syllable, six tones

mingming1—ming2—ming3—明ming4bright 酩ming5drunk 命ming6

ling拎ling1to liftling2—ling3—灵ling4quick 领ling5to lead 令ling6to order

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

命令

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

命令 mìng lìng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinorder; command; Classifier: 道 dào, 個 gè

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ming4 ling4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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