令: order; to command

令 lìng

adjective | verb
: to order; to command
: an order; warrant; writ
: to cause; to make something happen
: virtuous; honorific title
: season
: government position (old)

令 líng

令 lǐng

: measure word for a ream of paper

Kun Reading

令む | しむ shimu

godan verb with mu ending
: to make happen (old causative verbal ending)

令する | れいする reisuru

suru verb – special class | transitive verb
: to command; to order

言付け | いいつけ iitsuke

noun
: order; command
: directions; instructions

令人 ling4ren2: to cause somebody (to do); to make one (feel something); (used in constructing words for feelings such as anger, surprise, sympathy etc)

令兄 ling4xioōng1: Your esteemed older brother (honorific)
[れいけい reikei: your elder brother]

令名 ling4ming2: good name; reputation

令堂 ling4tang2: (honorific) your mother
[れいどう reidou: home; mother]

命令 ming4ling4: order; command
[めいれい meirei: order; command; decree; directive
: (Computer terminology) (software) instruction; statement]

司令 si1ling4: commanding officer
[しれい shirei: command; control; commander]

法令 fa3ling4: decree; ordinance
[ほうれい hourei: laws and ordinances; acts (of parliament, congress, etc.)]

指令 zhi3ling4: order; command; instruction
[しれい shirei: orders; instructions; directive; command]

禁令 jin4ling4: prohibition; ban
[きんれい kinder: prohibition; ban; embargo]

令 ling2

驅逐令 [驱逐令] qu1zhu2 ling2: banishment order; expulsion warrant

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom

外交辞令 | がいこうじれい gaikou jirei
:yoji) diplomatic turn of phrase; diplomatic language; tactful way of expressing something

巧言令色 | こうげんれいしょく kougen reishoku
: (yoji) flattery; honeyed words
OR
社交辞令 | しゃこうじれい shakou jirei
: (yoji) polite or diplomatic way of putting things; honeyed words; lip service

嘉辰令月 | かしんれいげつ kashin reigetsu
: (yoji) auspicious date

命令一下 | めいれいいっか meirei ikka
: (yoji) handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command

命令口調 | めいれいくちょう meirei kuchou
: (yoji) tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone

箝口令を敷く | かんこうれいをしく kankourei o shiku
: to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
三令五申 san1 ling4 wu3 shen1
: to order again and again

利令智昏 li4 ling4 zhi4 hun1
: to lose one’s head through material greed

發號施令 [发号施令] fa1 hao4 shi1 ling4
: to boss people around

色令智昏 se4 ling4 zhi4 hun1
: to lose one’s head over lust; sex-crazy

軍令如山 [军令如山] jun1 ling4 ru2 shan1
: military orders are like mountains; a military order must be obeyed
OR
號令如山 [号令如山] hao4 ling4 ru2 shan1
: lit. order like a mountain; a military order is inviolable; strict discipline

挾天子以令天下 [挟天子以令天下] xie2 tian1 zi3 yi3 ling4 tian1 xia4
: hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country

拿著雞毛當令箭 [拿着鸡毛当令箭] na2 zhe5 ji1 mao2 dang4 ling4 jian4
: to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority; to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext