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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *是* | 是* | *是
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
HSK 1
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  *号* | 号* | *号
(literary) to call out; to command / (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号) / (bound form) mark; sign / to mark; to label; to assign a number / (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号, 年號|年号, 遼寧號|辽宁号) / (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间 "Room 237") / day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号 "the 7th") / (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池) / (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉) / classifier for numbered people or items
HSK 1
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  *帅* | 帅* | *帅
(bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead; to command / handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant / (coll.) cool!; sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
HSK 4
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  *者* | 者* | *者
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后 or to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this
HSK 3
order / command / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
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  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
to conduct / to command / to direct / conductor (of an orchestra) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to lead / to command / to head
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *命* | 命* | *命
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *令* | 令* | *令
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
HSK 5
to order; to command / an order; a command; an instruction
HSK 7-9
one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
to take orders / to receive commands / to carry on (a tradition)
HSK 7-9
regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer; group-buying coordinator
HSK 5
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  *哒* | 哒* | *哒
(phonetic) / command to a horse / clatter (of horses' hoofs)
deputy leader / the second-in-command
one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with) / subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself) / belonging to / affiliated / under one's command
HSK 7-9
speech command (for computer speech recognition)
command center
oral command / a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts) / password (used by sentry)
HSK 7-9
geographical area of command / (PLA) military district
to tell; to instruct; to command
pilot-in-command; captain (cf. 副駕駛|副驾驶, copilot)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *率* | 率* | *率
to lead / to command / rash / hasty / frank / straightforward / generally / usually
HSK 7-9
second in command
troops under one's command / subordinate / affiliated to a ministry
(aviation) pilot-in-command; captain
to lead / to command / commander / officer
command / commander-in-chief
"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源
to govern / to have complete control over / to be in command of
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挥* | 挥* | *挥
to wave / to brandish / to command / to conduct / to scatter / to disperse
HSK 7-9
number off! (command in military drill) / count off!
(old) (military) a command / an order
an order (esp. army) / bugle call expressing military order / verbal command
to shout an order or command
headquarters / command post
(computing) command line
headquarters / military command center
garrison area / command
(dialect) quickly; briskly; without delay (northern colloquialism, often used in commands)
to receive an imperial command
in command of the army
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *勒* | 勒* | *勒
(literary) bridle; halter; headstall / to rein in / to compel; to force / (literary) to carve; to engrave / (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯)
to authorize; to designate / (old) to be compiled and published by imperial command
to be in command / (fig.) to dominate over other considerations; to be over-emphasized
to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
direct line of descent / under one's personal command / school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine
to command; to direct
an order / a command
to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc) / ordained by heaven
command line (computing) (Tw)
lit. having face / to have prestige / to command respect / to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous) / to have the gall / not ashamed to
troops under one's command / subordinate
to march at parade step / March! (military command)
to command
to have a fluent command of (idiom)
military command
as the arm moves the finger (idiom) / freely and effortlessly / to have perfect command of
to obey the Emperor's decree / at your Imperial majesty's command
arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors
subordination / line of command
(Han dynasty) official in command of an army responsible for maintaining law and order in the capital
troops under one's command
Staunton (name) / Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, the second-in-command of the Macartney Mission of 1793
unified goods / goods in the command economy that are not graded by quality and uniformly priced
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敇* | 敇* | *敇
Imperial command or edict
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *将* | 将* | *将
(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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