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"to await orders" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
候命 hòu mìng to await orders / to be on call
Chinese Pinyin Translation
等 děng to wait for / to await / by the time / when / till / and so on / etc. / et al. / (bound form) class / rank / grade / (bound form) equal to / same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) syn
子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn
期待 qī dài to look forward to / to await / expectation syn
遵命 zūn mìng to follow your orders / to do as you bid syn
公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn
期盼 qī pàn to expect / to await syn
留住 liú zhù to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical) syn
指手画脚 指手畫腳 zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily syn
听命 聽命 tīng mìng to obey an order / to take orders / to accept a state of affairs syn
奉命 fèng mìng to receive orders / to follow orders / to act under orders syn
听候 聽候 tīng hòu to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment) syn
待定 dài dìng to await a decision / to be pending
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
抗命 kàng mìng against orders / to disobey / to refuse to accept orders syn
授命 shòu mìng to give orders syn
望眼欲穿 wàng yǎn yù chuān to anxiously await syn
秉承 bǐng chéng to take orders / to receive commands / to carry on (a tradition) syn
受戒 shòu jiè to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism) / to take orders
违令 違令 wéi lìng to disobey / to go against orders
令行禁止 lìng xíng jìn zhǐ lit. orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom)fig. to execute every order without fail syn
引领 引領 yǐn lǐng to crane one's neck / to await eagerly / to lead / to show the way syn
奉旨 fèng zhǐ on imperial orders
内廷 內廷 nèi tíng place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
训示 訓示 xùn shì to admonish / instructions / orders syn
行令 xíng lìng to issue orders / to order sb to drink in a drinking game
伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn
奉 fèng to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior) syn
侯 hóu marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / nobleman / high official syn
麦克阿瑟 麥克阿瑟 mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
西塞罗 西塞羅 xī sāi luó Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), famous Roman politician, orator and philosopher, murdered at the orders of Marc Anthony
敕 chì imperial orders syn
军令如山 軍令如山 jūn lìng rú shān military orders are like mountains (idiom) / a military order must be obeyed syn
瞎指挥 瞎指揮 xiā zhǐ huī to give nonsensical instructions / to issue orders out of ignorance
翘首以待 翹首以待 qiáo shǒu yǐ dài to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await syn
遗教 遺教 yí jiào work or plans left as a legacy / the views of the departed / posthumous orders or teachings syn
坐观成败 坐觀成敗 zuò guān chéng bài to sit and await success or failure (idiom) / to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides / to sit on the fence syn
藏器待时 藏器待時 cáng qì dài shí to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom) / to lie low and await the opportune moment
呼来喝去 呼來喝去 hū lái hè qù to call to come and shout to go (idiom) / to yell orders / always bossing people around
嫁鸡随鸡 嫁雞隨雞 jià jī suí jī If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom) / A woman should follow whatever her husband orders. / We must learn to accept the people around us.
碍难从命 礙難從命 ài nán cóng mìng difficult to obey orders (idiom) / much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply
颐指风使 頤指風使 yí zhǐ fēng shǐ lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom) / to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy
请将不如激将 請將不如激將 qǐng jiàng bù rú jī jiàng lit. to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general / fig. inciting people to action is more effective than dispatching orders
方命 fāng mìng against orders / to disobey / to refuse to accept orders
候驾 候駕 hòu jià to await (your) gracious presence
雅正 yǎ zhèng correct (literary) / upright / (hon.) Please point out my shortcomings. / I await your esteemed corrections. syn
鹄候回音 鵠候回音 hú hòu huí yīn to respectfully await sb's reply (idiom)
待毙 待斃 dài bì to await death / to be a sitting duck
鹄候 鵠候 hú hòu to respectfully await / to look forward to
敲碗 qiāo wǎn (neologism) (slang) to impatiently await
五等爵位 wǔ děng jué wèi five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
以言代法 yǐ yán dài fǎ to substitute one's words for the law (idiom) / high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
吆呼 yāo hū to shout (orders)
奉召 fèng zhào to receive orders
威尊命贱 威尊命賤 wēi zūn mìng jiàn orders weightier than life
指手划脚 指手劃腳 zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily / also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
放话 放話 fàng huà to give orders / to spread news or rumors / to leak certain information intentionally
道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟 道格拉斯·麥克阿瑟 DaogelasiMaikease General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
遵令 zūn lìng to obey orders
网络指令 網絡指令 net orders
国际法院判决书、咨询意见和命令汇辑 國際法院判決書、咨詢意見和命令匯輯 Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the International Court of Justice
道格拉斯・麦克阿瑟 道格拉斯・麥克阿瑟 dào gé lā sī · mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
得令 dé lìng to follow your orders / roger! / yessir!
用命 yòng mìng to follow orders / to abide by / to obey
道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟 道格拉斯·麥克阿瑟 dào gé lā sī · mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
派单 派單 pài dān to hand out leaflets / (of a platform, e.g. Uber, DiDi) to dispatch orders
父母之命，媒妁之言 fù mǔ zhī mìng , méi shuò zhī yán (idiom) parents' orders and matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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