líng = li + (e)ng2
used in 脊令[ji2 ling2] / used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…
lǐng = li + (e)ng3
classifier for a ream of paper
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…
lìng = li + (e)ng4
to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…

How to pronounce 令

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= li initial

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng2 final

In the engine’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= li initial

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng3 final

In the engine’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= li initial

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng4 final

In the engine’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

令 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
jīn = ji + (e)n1
now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…
= n + a4
Right-falling stroke
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…

Characters with 令 as component

líng = li + (e)ng2
bamboo screen
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…
líng = li + (e)ng2
(literary) precipitous cliff / (used in place names)
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…
līng = li + (e)ng1
sunshine
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…
Loading...

Words with 令

show 159 more
headquarters / military command center
order for arrest / wanted circular / wanted poster
Your esteemed father (honorific)

Sentences with 令

wáng
mìng
lìng
 
 
dài
lǎo
tóu
qián

Want to remember 令 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

líng / lǐng / lìng

3 translations

Comments
There aren't any comments yet.

Prompt snippets

No snippets yet.