COMMAND 命令令
ADDRESS someone, USING AUTHORITY, INTENDING to CAUSE that person to ACT RESEMBLE:as one INTENDS him to ACT.
Antonym
- FORBIDCOMMAND NOT to ACT:do something.
Hypernym
- ADDRESSSPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR READ AND TO REACT to IT.
See also
- CAUSE TOMOVE in SUCH a way that THEREFORE someone or something else CHANGES.
- ORDERLYAPPROPRIATE as to how the MANY PARTS of something SHOULD BE.
Hyponym
- DECREE PUBLIC COMMAND ISSUED by the RULER OR by HIGH AUTHORITY.
- DEPLOY COMMAND an ARMY to ACT:engage in WARFARE.
- EMPLOY COMMAND to ACT:do PAID WORK FOR ONESELF.
- APPOINT EMPLOY so as to CAUSE TO BECOME a SENIOR OFFICIAL....
- LAW GROUP of ENDURING PUBLIC COMMANDS SHOULD:obligatory FOR ALL MEMBERS of a STATE.
- INTERNATIONAL LAW SYSTEM of LAWS FOR ALL PEOPLES AND STATES in the WORLD.
- NATURAL LAW NATURAL LAW NOT WRITTEN down, AND NOT DECIDED by any GOVERNMENT BUT SHOULD:supposed to be FOLLOWED EVERYWHERE.
- CONSTITUTION LAW DEFINING the SYSTEM of GOVERNMENT AND the RIGHTS AND DUTIES of the GOVERNMENT AND of the PEOPLE.
- SUMMON COMMAND to COME to a SUPERIOR, OFTEN TOGETHER with OTHERS.
- FORBID COMMAND NOT to ACT:do something.
- TABOO FORBIDDEN BECAUSE of FEAR of the SUPERNATURAL OR the RULERS.
- SEND COMMAND OR CAUSE something OR someone to MOVE OR BE MOVED to a PLACE.
- DON'T COMMAND that one SHOULD NOT to ACT in a DEFINED way.
Old Chinese Criteria
2. Mìng 命 is typically an order from a person of high, perhaps even supernatural, authority, and what follows are often the words used to express the order. 命曰. Mìng 命 is an order on a higher level than lìng 令.
3. Shǐ 使 often refers to a superior getting or sending subordinates to do something by an order, but this word never focusses on the form of words used. See SEND, CAUSE TO
4. Zhì 制 is a formalised administrative instruction on procedure.
5. Huī 麾 is an order given prototypically by signal of the hand, and in the process of a battle.
6. Hào 號 is a publicly proclaimed political command or instruction.
7. Wèi 謂 is simply a way of telling someone to do something, informally or formally, but without the formal force of a rigid order.
8. Chì 敕 / 飭 is an order from a person in an elevated position, and in post-Buddhist times chì 敕 came to refer standardly to imperial orders.
黄金貴:古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
命,先秦是皇帝詔令的通稱。
令,就特定之事發出的告示;特指皇后、太子或諸王所出者。
制,秦時規定命為制,即有關重大事件的政令。
詔,秦以後成為皇帝所發文告的通稱。
誥,本是一種訓誡勉勵的號令、文告,秦以前上下皆有誥,漢以後專用於帝王命官授職等的文告。
敕,南北朝以下,專指君主所發對特定對象的詔令。
Modern Chinese Criteria
令 is the current colloquial word for any informal order.
下令 refers to any formal institutional command.
指令 refers in a literary way to a formal order.
申令 refers in a literary style to the publication of a formal order.
通令 refers to a general order, and is common both as a noun and as a verb.
飭令 refers in highly literary way to an imperial or highly bureaucratic order.
傳令 focusses on the transmission or propagation of an order.
授命 focusses on the transmission of an order to its recipient.
命 is a classical word referring to a public order.
飭 is an obsolescent archaising word for a formal imperial order.
發號施令 is a proverbial expression referring generally to the issuing of orders.
三令五申 is an old-fashioned proverbial expression referring in general to the issuing of all sorts of orders.
吩咐 refers to enjoining someone familiar to do something.
叮囑 refers to enjoinging someone familiar to do something repeatedly
囑託 refers to giving a responsibility for some act to someone.
囑咐 refers to enjoining and encouraging an inferior to do something.
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
- A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
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BUCK 1988)
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19.45 - De differentiis
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DIFFERENTIAE I)
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251 304. Inter Jubere et imperare. Jubere apud veteres non idem erat quod imperare; nam jubere ibi dicebatur, ubi voluntatis erat obsequium; imperare autem, ubi debito [ Al., dubio] quisque imperio parebat.
- Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien
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DOEDERLEIN 1840)
p.
COMMAND
iubere means "to bid, tocommand" merely in consequence of one's own wish or will.
imperare is to cammand by virtue of a military or political authority.
praecipere is to enjoin by virtue of one's authority as a teacher or as a person of culture.
mandare is to charge someone with a task because of one's confidence in that person.
- Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques
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DUFOUR 1910)
p.
127 - 韓非子同義詞研究
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HANFEI TONGYI 2004)
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89 - Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum
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LANGIUS 1631)
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MANDATUM
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MENGE)
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1 and 130 - Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie
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RITTER 1971-2007)
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1775 - Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik
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SCHMIDT 1889)
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13 - "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China"
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UNGER SACH)
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MANDAT
- 東漢﹣隨常用詞演變研究
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WANG WEIHUI 2000)
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189 - 王力古漢語字典
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WANG LI 2000)
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112 1. Zhu1 Ju4nshe1ng already noticed the non-logocentric nature of the order called li4ng 令, as WL points out, but the crucial point that even in the case of a verbal command, li4ng 令 still does not focus on that verbal element and cannot be followed by a verb of saying.
- Using Chinese Synonyms
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GRACE ZHANG 2010)
p.
120 - SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse
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GIRARD 1769)
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1.166.125 COMMANDEMENT.ORDRE.PRECEPTE.INJONCTION.JUSSION
- Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
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PILLON 1850)
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no.275 - Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung
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Words
使 shǐ OC: srɯʔ MC: ʂɨ 165 Attributions
Shǐ 使 often refer to a superior getting or sending subordinates to do something by an order, but this word never focusses on the form of words used. See SEND, CAUSE TO
- Word relations
- Contrast: 敕 / 敕/COMMAND
Chì 敕/飭 is an order from a person in an elevated position, and in post-Buddhist times chì 敕 came to refer standardly to imperial orders.
- Syntactic words
- DELETEomgive orders to V
- nab.adVwith one's commands/dispositionsCH
- nabactcommand; order
- viactgive orders, order people about
- vt+V[0]command that there be V-ing; command that one should V
- vt[oN]order people aboutCH
- vtoNorder about
- vtt(oN.)+V[0]command a contextually determinate person (to do something)
- vtt[oN.]+V[0]give orders to, order someone to V (NB: the "someone" is omitted but specified in the lexicon. This is not a case of the context allowing one to identify a person.)
- vttoN(.+V[0])order a person to do a contextually determinate thing
- vttoN.+V[0]pivotensure that someone does something> order someone to do something; dispatch someone to do something
命 mìng OC: mɢreŋs MC: mɣaŋ 114 Attributions
Mìng 命 is typically an order from a person of high, perhaps even supernatural, authority, and the what follows are often the words used to express the order. 命曰. Mìng 命 is an order on a higher level than lìng 令.
- Word relations
- Assoc: 誓/PUBLICISE
Shì 誓 "proclaim" refers to a proclamation which may be directed at certain sections of society only or to a currently present public. especially a military public. [DESCENDING], [ELEVATED], [FORMAL]
- Syntactic words
- nab.post-Nofficial order (from N)CH
- nab.post-V{NUM}actpublic general command with legal force
- nab[post-N]mandate [from Heaven]CH
- nabconceptcommand
- nabroyalroyal or imperial order, something that is by the higher order (from somebody)
- nabtextorder (to a certain person or group); a specific order to do something
- vadVby official order;authorised by commands from superiors 命而往
- vt(+V[0])give orders to do the contextually determiante thing
- vt(oN)give orders to the contextually determinate person N (often the speaker)
- vt+prep+Nbe in command of
- vt+V[0]give orders to V
- vtoNcommand (an undertaking)
- vtoNcommission N, order the performance of the official act NCH
- vtoNN=humanissue orders of duty to
- vtoNpassivebe ordered, be commanded; receive a charge
- vtoSissue a command/decree to the effect S; issue the imperative decree SCH
- vtt(oN.)+V[0]give orders to a contextually determinate subordinate to V
- vtt[oN.+V[0]]issue commands, issue any command
- vtt[oN.]+V[0]give orders [to the speaker] to V
- vttoN.+V[0]passivebe ordered to V by a contextually determinate person
- vttoN.+V[0]pivotorder formally (typically at a general or rather formal level) the N to V
- vttoN1.post-vt(oN2)omgive a determinate command (to someone)
- vtt{PASS}+prep+N{SUBJ}.+Vpassivebe ordered by N to V
令 lìng OC: ɡ-reŋs MC: liɛŋ 95 Attributions
The standard current word for a command is lìng 令, and the content (not the words) of the command is typically in the sentence that follows. We do not find: 令曰, and it is significant that lìng 令 also regularly means "to cause to".
- Word relations
- Ant: 禁/FORBID
The current dominant general word referring to public prohibition is jìn 禁 (ant. quàn 勸 "encourage"). - Object: 出/ISSUE
- Object: 布/ISSUE
- Object: 循/OBEY
- Object: 行/ACT
The current general word for any deliberate action one may be held morally and/or administratively responsible for is xíng 行 (ant. zhǐ 止 "decide not to take action"). The nominal entries have the old reading xìng. [COMMENDATORY!], [GENERAL], [HABITUAL], [RESPONSIBLE] - Object: 施/ACT
- Epithet: 君/RULER
Jūn 君 (ant. chén 臣 "minister") refers specifically to someone who is politically or administratively in charge of others as a ruler. - Contrast: 教/COMMAND
- Contrast: 法/LAW
The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法. - Assoc: 教/TEACH
The current general word for training, instructing, and disciplining others is jiào 教 (ant. xué 學 "study") and the standard main aim of jiào 教 is unquestioning obedience, professional skill, and intellectual conformity to the standard set by the teacher, and the word connotes use of authority and sometimes even coercion. The primary aim of jiào 教 is action conforming to a standard, and the word is commonly nominalised. - Assoc: 禁/FORBID
The current dominant general word referring to public prohibition is jìn 禁 (ant. quàn 勸 "encourage"). - Assoc: 號/COMMAND
Hào 號 is a publicly proclaimed political command or instruction. - Assoc: 詔/TEACH
Zhào 詔 refers to instruction by means of useful information or warning.
- Syntactic words
- nabactcommand, order
- vt+prep+Nperfectivegive orders to N, issue orders to
- vt+V[0]order (an event to occur. e.g. it to rain) (often indistinguishable form "to cause")
- vtoNissue effective orders to: to command, to order; to order officially; issue an order to (ministers etc)
- vtoN.+VtoSissue a command (to someone inferior) (saying:...)
- vtoNobject=eventcommand (the occurrence of an event)
- vtoSorder that
- vtoSimperativeorder that S!CH
- vtt(oN.)+V[0]order a contextually determinate subordinate (to do something)
- vtt(oN.)+V[0]passivebe ordered to V
- vtt+prep+N.+VtoSissue a command to N (saying S)
- vtt[oN.+V[0]]send out effective commands [to some people to do something]
- vttoN(.+V[0])pivotcommand the subject to carry out a contextually determinate action
- vttoN.+V[0]pivotcommand (the SUBJECT to PREDICATE, on a level inferior to lìng 令)
天命 tiān mìng OC: lʰiin mɢreŋs MC: then mɣaŋ 22 Attributions
command from (personified) Heaven
- Syntactic words
- NPabcommand from Heaven, heavenly moral decree (on any subject)
- NPab.adVby the commands of Heaven, using the commands of Heaven as a standard
號令 hào lìng OC: ɢluus ɡ-reŋs MC: ɦɑu liɛŋ 15 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabnonreferentialorders; commands of all kinds
- NPpluralofficial commands, official orders of all kinds
- VPtoNorder, issue an order to
敕 chì OC: rʰɯɡ MC: ʈhɨk
敕 chì OC: MC: ʈhɨk 12 Attributions
Chì 敕/飭 is an order from a person in an elevated position, and in post-Buddhist times chì 敕 came to refer standardly to imperial orders.
- Word relations
- Syntactic words
- nabactorder
- vtoNin Han times: (of person in high position:) issue a command
- vtoN.+Vcommand N and say:...
- vtt(oN.)+V[0]order there to be V-ing
- vttoN.+Scommand N to the effect that S
- vttoN.+V[0]pivottell (someone to do something)
教 jiào OC: kruus MC: kɣɛu 9 Attributions
- Word relations
- Contrast: 令/COMMAND
The standard current word for a command is lìng 令, and the content (not the words) of the command is typically in the sentence that follows. We do not find: 令曰, and it is significant that lìng 令 also regularly means "to cause to".
- Syntactic words
- nabactan instruction
- vt[oN]command, drill
- vtt(oN.)+V[0]instruct the contextually determinate N to V
- vttoN.+V[0]instruct N to V
號 hào OC: ɢluus MC: ɦɑu 7 Attributions
Hào 號 is a publicly proclaimed political command or instruction.
- Word relations
- Assoc: 令/COMMAND
The standard current word for a command is lìng 令, and the content (not the words) of the command is typically in the sentence that follows. We do not find: 令曰, and it is significant that lìng 令 also regularly means "to cause to".
- Syntactic words
- nabtextpublicly proclaimed command, proclamation; order
- vtt(oN.)+V[0]proclaim an order in public that the contextually determinate N should V
謂 wèi OC: ɢuds MC: ɦɨi 7 Attributions
Wèi 謂 is simply a way of telling someone to do something, informally or formally, but without the formal force of a rigid order.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNgive commands to (someone)
- vtoN.+VtoScommand, tell to 謂x曰:。。。told X "You must..."
- vttoN.+Stell N to ensure that SCH
- vttoN.+V[0]pivotto address (somebody) and make him to do something; tell (somebody) (to do something)
政令 zhèng lìng OC: tjeŋs ɡ-reŋ MC: tɕiɛŋ liɛŋ 7 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabactadministrative orders
禁 jìn OC: krɯms MC: kim 5 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nabtextprohibition, order containing a formal prohibition
指麾 zhǐ huī OC: kjiʔ hmral MC: tɕi hiɛ
指揮 zhǐ huī OC: kjiʔ qhul MC: tɕi hɨi 5 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPt[oN]issue commands, order people about
遣 qiǎn OC: khenʔ MC: khiɛn 4 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtt(oN.)+V[0]command a contextually determinate person do perform the action V
- vttoN.+V[0]command N to V
麾 huī OC: hmral MC: hiɛ 4 Attributions
Huī 麾 is an order given prototypically by signal of the hand, and in the process of a battle.
- Syntactic words
- vadVby signals of the hand; by getures of commandCH
- vt[oN]give commands by signaling
- vtoNgive a signal to; command through signals; hold overall command of (an army)
制 zhì OC: kjeds MC: tɕiɛi 3 Attributions
Zhì 制 is a formalised administrative instruction on procedure.
- Syntactic words
- nabtextadministrative bureaucratic directive, edict
- vtoNdetermine as the final decision; HF 9.2.37: (ministers) take effective control of (matters at court)
告 gào OC: kuuɡs MC: kɑu 3 Attributions
- 古辭辨 Gu ci bian
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WANG FENGYANG 1993)
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- Syntactic words
- vtt(oN.) V(0)command the contextually determinate N to VCH
- vttoN.+V[0]pivotcommand that S
呼 hū OC: qhaa MC: huo̝ 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtt(oN.)+V[0]command the contextually determinate N to V
- vttoN.+V[0]command N to V
- vttoN.+V[0]omarchaic: call upon (someone) (to do something)
指 zhǐ OC: kjiʔ MC: tɕi 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nabtextinstructions
- vt[oN]order about, directCH
法 fǎ OC: pab MC: pi̯ɐp 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nabtextmilitary orders
約 yuē OC: qplewɡ MC: ʔi̯ɐk 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNarrange for, make arrangements for 約車
語 yù OC: ŋas MC: ŋi̯ɤ 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtt(oN.)+V[0]tell the contextually determinate person N to V
- vtt(oN.)+VtoSto tell the contextually determined N the followingDS
- vttoN.+V[0]tell N to V
也 yě MC: dzyoX OC: lalʔCH 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- ppostadV(0)勿內也"He is not to be let in!": judgment-based imperative, imperative implying a judgment that the order is the right one to giveCH
制令 zhì lìng líng MC: tsyejH ljeng OC: kjeds ɡ-reŋ 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabtextwritten decision and orders by the relevant authoritiesCH
俾 bǐ OC: peʔ MC: piɛ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcommand, direct someone to do something
- vtoN(.+V[0])N=pivotcommand N to do a contextually determinate actionDS
- vtt(oN.)+V[0]order the contextually determinate N to VCH
- vttoN.+V[0]comand N to V
宣令 xuān lìng OC: sqon ɡ-reŋ MC: siɛn liɛŋ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPtoSpublish orders to the effect that S
- VPttoN.+Scommand N to the effect that S
教令 jiào lìng OC: kruus ɡ-reŋs MC: kɣɛu liɛŋ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabactinstructions
- VPtt(oN.)+V[0]cause the contextually determinate N to V
付 fù OC: pos MC: pi̯o 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtt(oN1.)+N2give orders regarding N2 to the contextually determinate N1
戒 jiè OC: krɯɯɡs MC: kɣɛi 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nabtextinjunction, precept; instructions
曰 yuē OC: ɢʷad MC: ɦi̯ɐt 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNPab{S}to order, that...
祝 zhù OC: tjuɡ MC: tɕuk 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoN.+V[0]enjoin N, saying S
仰使 yǎng shǐ OC: ŋaŋʔ srɯʔ MC: ŋi̯ɐŋ ʂɨ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtt(oN.)+V[0]command N to V
告令 gào lìng OC: kuuɡs ɡ-reŋ MC: kɑu liɛŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPttoN.+V[0]order N to V
君命 jūn mìng OC: klun mɢreŋs MC: ki̯un mɣaŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPadVby the ruler's command
命令 mìng lìng OC: mɢreŋs ɡ-reŋ MC: mɣaŋ liɛŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtt(oN.)+V[0]order the contextually determinate N to V
教使 jiào shǐ OC: kruus srɯʔ MC: kɣɛu ʂɨ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtt(oN.)+V[0]cause the contextually determinate N to V
教敕 jiào chì OC: kruus rʰɯɡ MC: kɣɛu ʈhɨk 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPabactorder, command, instruction
教訓 jiào xùn OC: kruus qhuns MC: kɣɛu hi̯un 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPab{N1=N2}pluralcommands
敕使 chì shǐ OC: rʰɯɡ srɯʔ MC: ʈhɨk ʂɨ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtt(oN.)+V[0]order the contextually determinate N to V
發命 fā mìng OC: pod mɢreŋs MC: pi̯ɐt mɣaŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPt+prep+N.+VtoSissue a command to N to the effect that S
禁令 jìn lìng OC: krɯms ɡ-reŋ MC: kim liɛŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPabsocialprohibitions and commands> legal rules or commands
言教 yán jiào OC: ŋan kruus MC: ŋi̯ɐn kɣɛu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPabactcommand
詔令 zhào lìng OC: kljews ɡ-reŋs MC: tɕiɛu liɛŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNgive all sorts of sovereign orders to
誡敕 jiè chì OC: krɯɯɡs rʰɯɡ MC: kɣɛi ʈhɨk
誡敕 jiè chì OC: krɯɯɡs MC: kɣɛi ʈhɨk 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vttoN.+SS=direct.speechinstruct N using the words S
調發 diào fā OC: dɯɯws pod MC: deu pi̯ɐt 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNorder about (the people as corvee labourers)
責令 zé zé zhài lìng MC: tsreak ljengH OC: skreeɡ ɡ-reŋs CH 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtt(oN.) V[0]pivotgive official orders for N to VCH
誥命 gào mìng MC: kawH mjaengH OC: kuuɡs mɢreŋsCH 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPpluralDCD 1: commands and declamationsCH
形名 xíng míng MC: heng mjieng OC: ɡeeŋ meŋDS 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPabcommands of various kinds < 形 = commands made with banners; 名 = commands made with drums and bells (see HDC)DS
哉 zāi OC: skɯɯ MC: tsəi 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
檄 xí OC: ɡleeɡ MC: ɦek 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nabtextwritten military command
飭 chì OC: khrlɯɡ MC: ʈhɨk 0 Attributions
Chì 敕/飭 is an order from a person in an elevated position, and in post-Buddhist times chì 敕 came to refer standardly to imperial orders.
- Syntactic words
- nabtextGY: order, command
使命 shǐ mìng OC: srɯʔ mɢreŋs MC: ʂɨ mɣaŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabactcommand
- VPtoNpassivebe ordered
大命 dà mìng OC: daads mɢreŋs MC: dɑi mɣaŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NP[post-Npro2]your great command
經戒 jīng jiè OC: keeŋ krɯɯɡs MC: keŋ kɣɛi 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabtextauthoritative precepts
驅使 qū shǐ OC: kho srɯʔ MC: khi̯o ʂɨ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabactbeing ordered about
Existing SW for
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