指令 zhǐlìng

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Traditional form

指令 zhǐlìng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

指 zhǐ

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 旨 zhǐ represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

⿰扌旨

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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不容置疑 bù róng zhì yí 的 de 事实 shìshí 是 shì ，电脑 diànnǎo 执行 zhíxíng 逻辑 luóji 操作 cāozuò 指令 zhǐlìng 。

The indisputable fact is that computers carry out logical operations.

劳驾 láojià 你 nǐ 服从 fúcóng 我要给出的 de 指令 zhǐlìng 好不好 hǎo bu hǎo ？

Will you kindly obey the instructions I am about to give?

遵照 zūn zhào 首相 shǒu xiàng 的 de 明确 míngquè 指令 zhǐlìng ，那艘船 chuán 被 bèi 击沉 jī chén 了 le 。

The ship was sunk on express orders from the Prime Minister.

在 zài 企业 qǐyè 内部 nèibù ，拒 jù 不 bù 服从 fúcóng 指令 zhǐlìng 的 de 工人 gōngrén 会 huì 面临 miànlín 遭 zāo 解雇 jiěgù 的 de 威胁 wēixié 。

In industry, a worker who is grossly insubordinate is threatened with discharge.

警察 jǐngchá 双手 shuāng shǒu 握枪，厉声 lì shēng 发出 fā chū 指令 zhǐlìng 。

A policeman held his gun in both hands and barked an order.

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 指令 zhǐlìng and their own compounds.

指 zhǐ

旨 zhǐ

日 Rì , 匕 bǐ

扌 shǒu

令 Líng

亼 jí

一 yī , 人 rén

See all 56 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 指令 zhǐlìng in their composition.

指 zhǐ

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