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司令

司令 sīlìng

司令 sīlìng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 司令 sīlìng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sīlìng | si1 ling4
English translation
commanding officer

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Traditional form

司令 sīlìng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 司令 sīlìng

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

(take charge) and its mirror image Hòu (empress) were originally used interchangeably. The origin of both characters is unclear.

Positional decomposition

⿹? kǒu

Number of Strokes

5
Líng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts a person ( jié ) receiving commands from a mouth ( kǒu ) above them. Originally Líng and mìng were variations of the same character.

Positional decomposition

rén

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 司令 sīlìng

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dào 2040 Nián , zài 现在 xiànzài Léi 司令 sīlìng de 种植 zhòngzhí de ,赤霞 zhū jiù huì jiē Mǎn 硕果 shuò guǒ le .

By 2040 , cabernet sauvignon will flourish where Riesling does now.

shǎng 司令 sīlìng , liǎng yǎn xiàng 见鬼 jiàn guǐ 似的 shìde liàng 近乎 jìn hu 病态 bìng tài .

He climbed into the conning tower, his eyes haunted and sickly bright.

如果 rúguǒ 电台 diàntái 司令 sīlìng 乐队 yuè duì de 每首歌 dōu xiàng 这首这么 zhè me bàng 的话 de huà 很快便会家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo le

If every tune from Radiohead is as good as this one is, it can't be long before they are household names.

bèi pài wǎng 开罗 Kāi luó 总司令部 zǒng sī lìng bù

He was posted to GHQ Cairo.

蒙博托出身 chūshēn 行伍通过 tōngguò 晋升 jìnshēng 最终 zuì zhōng 成为 chéngwéi le 陆军 lù jūn 司令 sīlìng

Mobutu ascended through the ranks, eventually becoming commander of the army.

司令 sīlìng Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 司令 sīlìng and their own compounds.

司令 sīlìng Compounds

See all 70 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 司令 sīlìng in their composition.

  • Líng
    • Lěng
    • líng
      • , líng ,
    • lǐng
    • lǐng , lián , lín , líng , líng , líng , líng , líng , lǐng , líng , līn , líng , líng , líng , lìng , līng , líng , líng , líng , líng , líng , líng , líng , líng , líng , líng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , líng , , , , 魿, líng ,
    • líng
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