# 下令 (xiàlìng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 下令 (xiàlìng) means “to give an order; to command”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to give an order; to command
- Pinyin: xiàlìng (xia4 ling4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 队长下令让大家立刻撤离。
  Duìzhǎng xiàlìng ràng dàjiā lìkè chèlí.
  The captain ordered everyone to evacuate immediately.

## Characters

- [下](https://hanziro.com/word/xia-down/) (xià): down; below
- [令](https://hanziro.com/word/ling-make/) (lìng): to make; to cause

https://hanziro.com/word/xia-ling-give-order/

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