指令 zhǐlìng▶ hướng dẫn; chỉ dẫn

Stroke order

指令 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 指 — 9 strokes
• 令 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. to order; to command
2. an order; a command; an instruction

Related words

• 司令chỉ huy
• 指定Bổ nhiệm
• 指望mong đợi; dự tính
• 指标chỉ số; mục lục
• 指甲móng tay; đinh
• 指示Hướng dẫn

指令 is pronounced zhǐlìng and means “hướng dẫn; chỉ dẫn”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 指令 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.