指挥 zhǐhuī▶ mệnh lệnh

Stroke order

指挥 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 指 — 9 strokes
• 挥 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. to conduct
2. to command
3. to direct
4. conductor (of an orchestra)

Related words

• 挥Thiết yếu; cần thiết
• 发挥Phát triển
• 戒指Nhẫn, chuông
• 手指ngón tay
• 指导hướng dẫn
• 指ngón tay, chỉ

指挥 is pronounced zhǐhuī and means “mệnh lệnh”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 指挥 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.