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令

líng · ling/lǐng · ling/lìng · ling

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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líng 令

  1. used in 脊令 (jí líng)
  2. used in 令狐 (Líng hú) (Taiwan pr. [lìng])

lǐng 令

  1. classifier for a ream of paper

lìng 令

  1. to order
  2. to command
  3. an order
  4. warrant
  5. writ
  6. to cause
  7. to make sth happen
  8. virtuous
  9. honorific title
  10. season
  11. government position (old)
  12. type of short song or poem

In a sentence

2 examples
01

令(lìng)我(wǒ)非(fēi)常(cháng)伤(shāng)心(xīn)的(de)是(shì)她(tā)考(kǎo)砸(zá)了(le)。

She failed the examination and I was greatly disappointed.

Tatoeba: Chinese by yuiyu · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)消(xiāo)息(xi)令(lìng)他(tā)非(fēi)常(cháng)高(gāo)兴(xìng)。

This news made him very happy.

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