令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn 理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 购买 購買 gòu mǎi to purchase / to buy syn 下令 xià lìng to give an order / to issue an order syn 收买 收買 shōu mǎi to purchase / to buy / to bribe / to buy off syn 收购 收購 shōu gòu to buy / to purchase / to procure syn 订单 訂單 dìng dān (purchase) order 采购 採購 cǎi gòu to procure (for an enterprise etc) / to purchase syn 买进 買進 mǎi jìn to purchase / to buy in (goods) syn 邮购 郵購 yóu gòu to purchase by mail / to mail-order syn 订货 訂貨 dìng huò to order goods / to place an order syn 选购 選購 xuǎn gòu to select and purchase / to buy syn 定购 定購 dìng gòu to order goods / to place an order syn 被套 bèi tào duvet cover / quilt cover / (finance) to be stuck with an asset that has decreased in value after purchase syn 购置 購置 gòu zhì to purchase syn 号令 號令 hào lìng an order (esp. army) / bugle call expressing military order / verbal command syn 置办 置辦 zhì bàn to purchase / to buy syn 购得 購得 gòu dé to purchase / to acquire syn 申购 申購 shēn gòu to ask to buy / to bid for purchase 预购 預購 yù gòu advance purchase syn 购货 購貨 gòu huò purchase of goods 采买 採買 cǎi mǎi to purchase / to buy / to do one's shopping / purchasing agent / buyer 认购 認購 rèn gòu to undertake to purchase sth / to subscribe (to share issue) 下单 下單 xià dān to place an order / to order 订做 訂做 dìng zuò to make to order / to have sth made to order 增订 增訂 zēng dìng to revise and enlarge (a book) / to augment a purchase order 采办 採辦 cǎi bàn to buy on a considerable scale / to purchase / to procure / to stock up syn 争购 爭購 zhēng gòu to compete / to fight for / to rush to purchase 买 買 mǎi to buy / to purchase syn 购 購 gòu to buy / to purchase syn 饬 飭 chì (bound form) to put in order / to arrange properly / circumspect / well-behaved / to give (sb) an order syn 来 來 lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn 去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 次 cì next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn 为了 爲了 wèi le for / for the purpose of / in order to syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 以 yǐ to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place) syn 定 dìng to fix / to set / to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to book (tickets etc) / to order (goods etc) / to congeal / to coagulate / (literary) definitely syn 命 mìng life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc syn 命令 mìng lìng order / command / CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4] syn 收拾 shōu shi to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb syn 程序 chéng xù procedures / sequence / order / computer program syn 发出 發出 fā chū to issue (an order, decree etc) / to send out / to dispatch / to produce (a sound) / to let out (a laugh) syn 治安 zhì ān law and order / public security syn 为此 為此 wèi cǐ for this reason / with regards to this / in this respect / in order to do this / to this end syn 指令 zhǐ lìng order / command / instruction syn 布置 佈置 bù zhì to put in order / to arrange / to decorate / to fix up / to deploy syn 服从 服從 fú cóng to obey (an order) / to comply / to defer syn 秩序 zhì xù order / orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc) 程 chéng rule / order / regulations / formula / journey / procedure / sequence syn 就绪 就緒 jiù xù to be ready / to be in order syn 以便 yǐ biàn so that / so as to / in order to syn 顺序 順序 shùn xù sequence / order syn 己 jǐ self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa syn 澄清 dèng qīng to settle (of liquid) / to become clear (by precipitation of impurities) / precipitate (chemistry) / to put in order / to quell disturbances syn 目 mù eye / (literary) to look / to regard / eye (of a net) / mesh / mesh size / grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item / section / list / catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name / title syn 得以 dé yǐ able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view syn 以免 yǐ miǎn in order to avoid / so as not to syn 通缉 通緝 tōng jī to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wanted syn 旨意 zhǐ yì decree / order / will / intent syn 预订 預訂 yù dìng to place an order / to book ahead syn 次数 次數 cì shù number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.) 失灵 失靈 shī líng out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system) syn 驱使 驅使 qū shǐ to urge / to prompt / to spur on / to order sb about syn 立正 lì zhèng to stand straight / attention! (order to troops) syn 排列 pái liè to arrange in order / (math.) permutation syn 摆布 擺布 bǎi bù to arrange / to order about / to manipulate syn 使唤 使喚 shǐ huàn to order sb about / to use sb syn 订购 訂購 dìng gòu to place an order / to subscribe syn 反过来 反過來 fǎn guo lái conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction syn 点菜 點菜 diǎn cài to order dishes (in a restaurant) 修士 xiū shì member of religious order / frater 听命 聽命 tīng mìng to obey an order / to take orders / to accept a state of affairs syn 好使 hǎo shǐ easy to use / to function well / so that / in order to 定做 dìng zuò to have something made to order 挪用 nuó yòng to shift (funds) / to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another / to embezzle / to misappropriate syn 通缉令 通緝令 tōng jī lìng order for arrest / wanted circular / wanted poster 定制 定製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made 条理 條理 tiáo lǐ arrangement / order / tidiness syn 按部就班 àn bù jiù bān to follow the prescribed order / to keep to the working routine (idiom) syn 次序 cì xù sequence / order syn 排放 pái fàng to arrange in order / to emit / to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate / to discharge semen syn 量级 量級 liàng jí order of magnitude / weight class (boxing etc) / (fig.) class (level of capability) 利落 lì luo agile / nimble / all settled / in order syn 排序 pái xù to sort / to arrange in order 用以 yòng yǐ in order to / so as to syn 有序 yǒu xù regular / orderly / successive / in order syn 依次 yī cì in order / in succession syn 勒令 lè lìng to order / to force syn 打点 打點 dǎ dian to bribe / to get (luggage) ready / to put in order / to organize things / (baseball) RBI (run batted in) syn 优等 優等 yōu děng first-rate / of the highest order / high-class / excellent / superior syn 订制 訂製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made 发令 發令 fā lìng to issue an order syn 传令 傳令 chuán lìng to transmit an order syn 颐指气使 頤指氣使 yí zhǐ qì shǐ lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom) / to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy syn 配送 pèi sòng to put together an order and deliver it (i.e. 配貨|配货[pei4 huo4] and 送貨|送货[song4 huo4]) / to deliver (goods)