命令

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Chinese

life; fate
 
make or cause to be; order; command
make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable
trad. (命令) 命 令
simp. #(命令) 命 令

Pronunciation

Noun

命令

  1. order; command; directive
    執行命令／执行命令  ―  zhíxíng mìnglìng  ―  to execute an order
    誰傳達的這道命令？ [MSC, trad.]
    谁传达的这道命令？ [MSC, simp.]
    Shéi chuándá de zhè dào mìnglìng?
    Who passed on this order?

Synonyms

Verb

命令

  1. to order; to command

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (命令):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
命 令
めい
Grade: 3 		れい
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

命(めい)令(れい) • (meirei) 

  1. order, direction, instruction, commandment
    命令(めいれい)を受(う)ける
    meirei o ukeru
    to receive a command
    命令(めいれい)だ。
    Meirei da.
    It's an order.
    ご主人様(しゅじんさま)、ご命令(めいれい)を。
    Go-shujin-sama, go-meirei o.
    I await your orders, master.
  2. decree from a court

Verb

命(めい)令(れい)する • (meirei suru) transitive suru (stem 命(めい)令(れい)し (meirei shi), past 命(めい)令(れい)した (meirei shita))

  1. to order, to command
    Synonym: 命ずる
  2. to issue a decree

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
命令

Noun

命令 • (myeongnyeong) (hangeul 명령)

  1. Hanja form? of 명령 (“order, command”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
命令

Verb

命令

  1. chữ Hán form of mệnh lệnh (“to command”).

Noun

命令

  1. chữ Hán form of mệnh lệnh (“command; order”).
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