指令

Chinese

		finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate	make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable
trad. (指令)		指	令
simp. ^#(指令)		指	令

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐlìng

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² ling⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-lēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐlìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhlìng
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-ling⁴
  - Yale: jř-lìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyylinq
  - Palladius: чжилин (čžilin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² ling⁶
  - Yale: jí lihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² ling⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² ling⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ lɪŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-lēng
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-līng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cyleng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɪŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ³³/

Verb

指令

to instruct; to direct; to order

Synonyms

下令 (xiàlìng)
令
吩咐 (fēnfù)
命令 (mìnglìng)
申令 (shēnlìng) (formal)
著令 (zhuólìng)
號令 / 号令 (hàolìng)
責令 / 责令 (zélìng)
責成 / 责成 (zéchéng)
飭令 / 饬令 (chìlìng) (dated, usually in official documents)

Noun

指令

instruction; direction; order
(computing) instruction

Synonyms

(order):

上級給下級的指示 / 上级给下级的指示 (shàngjí gěi xiàjí de zhǐshì)
令
命令 (mìnglìng)
號令 / 号令 (hàolìng)
誡命 / 诫命 (jièmìng) (literary)

Derived terms

微指令 (wēizhǐlìng)
指令性
指令系統 / 指令系统
指令集 (zhǐlìngjí)
框架指令 (kuàngjià zhǐlìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
指	令
し Grade: 3	れい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しれー [shìréé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕiɾe̞ː]

Noun

指(し)令(れい) • (shirei)

Synonyms

命令(めいれい) (meirei)

Verb

指(し)令(れい)する • (shirei suru) transitive suru (stem 指(し)令(れい)し (shirei shi), past 指(し)令(れい)した (shirei shita))

to direct, to order

Conjugation

Conjugation of "指令する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	指令し	しれいし	shirei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	指令し	しれいし	shirei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	指令する	しれいする	shirei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	指令する	しれいする	shirei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	指令すれ	しれいすれ	shirei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	指令せよ¹ 指令しろ²	しれいせよ¹ しれいしろ²	shirei seyo¹ shirei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	指令される	しれいされる	shirei sareru
Causative	指令させる指令さす	しれいさせるしれいさす	shirei saseru shirei sasu
Potential	指令できる	しれいできる	shirei dekiru
Volitional	指令しよう	しれいしよう	shirei shiyō
Negative	指令しない	しれいしない	shirei shinai
Negative continuative	指令せず	しれいせず	shirei sezu
Formal	指令します	しれいします	shirei shimasu
Perfective	指令した	しれいした	shirei shita
Conjunctive	指令して	しれいして	shirei shite
Hypothetical conditional	指令すれば	しれいすれば	shirei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“指令”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026