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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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 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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to conduct / to command / to direct / conductor (of an orchestra) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer; group-buying coordinator
HSK 5
to lead / to command / to head
HSK 5
order / command / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *命* | 命* | *命
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *率* | 率* | *率
to lead / to command / rash / hasty / frank / straightforward / generally / usually
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挥* | 挥* | *挥
to wave / to brandish / to command / to conduct / to scatter / to disperse
HSK 7-9
order / command / instruction
HSK 7-9
oral command / a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts) / password (used by sentry)
HSK 7-9
to take orders / to receive commands / to carry on (a tradition)
HSK 7-9
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哒* | 哒* | *哒
(phonetic) / command to a horse / clatter (of horses' hoofs)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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)
troops under one's command / subordinate
to be in command / (fig.) to dominate over other considerations; to be over-emphasized
to command; to direct
to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
(aviation) pilot-in-command; captain
unified goods / goods in the command economy that are not graded by quality and uniformly priced
geographical area of command / (PLA) military district
(Han dynasty) official in command of an army responsible for maintaining law and order in the capital
an order (esp. army) / bugle call expressing military order / verbal command
number off! (command in military drill) / count off!
to authorize; to designate / (old) to be compiled and published by imperial command
to lead / to command / commander / officer
troops under one's command / subordinate / affiliated to a ministry
direct line of descent / under one's personal command / school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine
to tell; to instruct; to command
command / commander-in-chief
deputy leader / the second-in-command
subordination / line of command
to have a fluent command of (idiom)
(old) (military) a command / an order
to govern / to have complete control over / to be in command of
to shout an order or command
in command of the army
to obey the Emperor's decree / at your Imperial majesty's command
to command
as the arm moves the finger (idiom) / freely and effortlessly / to have perfect command of
one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors
an order / a command
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敇* | 敇* | *敇
Imperial command or edict
command line (computing)
headquarters / command post
military command
command center
to receive an imperial command
speech command (for computer speech recognition)
second in command
"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源
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
to march at parade step / March! (military command)
headquarters / military command center
stable prices / commodity prices fixed by government (in a command economy) / to valorize (a commodity)
garrison area / command
command line (computing) (Tw)
troops under one's command
Staunton (name) / Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, the second-in-command of the Macartney Mission of 1793
pilot-in-command; captain (cf. 副駕駛|副驾驶, copilot)
to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc) / ordained by heaven


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