司令 sīlìng

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Traditional form

司令 sīlìng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

司 Sī

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

⿹？口 kǒu

Number of Strokes

令 Líng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

⿱人 rén ？

Number of Strokes

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到 dào 2040年 Nián , 在 zài 现在 xiànzài 雷 Léi 司令 sīlìng 的 de 种植 zhòngzhí 地 de ,赤霞珠 zhū 就 jiù 会 huì 结 jiē 满 Mǎn 硕果 shuò guǒ 了 le .

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

他 tā 爬 pá 上 shǎng 司令 sīlìng 塔 tǎ , 两 liǎng 眼 yǎn 象 xiàng 见鬼 jiàn guǐ 似的 shìde 亮 liàng 得 dé 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 的 de 每首歌都 dōu 像 xiàng 这首这么 zhè me 棒 bàng 的话 de huà ，那 Nā 它 tā 很快便会家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo 了 le 。

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

他 tā 被 bèi 派 pài 往 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 一 yī 级 jí 级 jí 晋升 jìnshēng ，最终 zuì zhōng 成为 chéngwéi 了 le 陆军 lù jūn 司令 sīlìng 。

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

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

司 Sī

一 yī , 口 kǒu , 乛 ya

令 Líng

亼 jí

一 yī , 人 rén

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

司 Sī

词 cí , 伺 cì , 饲 sì , 嗣 sì , 祠 cí , 詞 cí , 笥 sì , 覗 sī , 呞, 孠, 柌, 泀, 鉰, 飼 sì

令 Líng

冷 Lěng

零 líng

澪, 蕶 líng , 燯

領 lǐng

嶺 lǐng

领 lǐng , 怜 lián , 邻 lín , 龄 líng , 铃 líng , 聆 líng , 玲 líng , 伶 líng , 岭 lǐng , 羚 líng , 拎 līn , 囹 líng , 泠 líng , 翎 líng , 呤 lìng , 昤 līng , 柃 líng , 瓴 líng , 笭 líng , 舲 líng , 苓 líng , 蛉 líng , 詅 líng , 軨 líng , 鸰 líng , 齢 líng , 刢, 坽, 姈, 岺, 彾, 朎, 炩, 狑, 皊, 矝, 砱, 秢, 竛, 紷, 衑, 袊, 跉, 鈴 líng , 閝, 阾, 駖, 魿, 鴒 líng , 鹷
齡 líng