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 警报 警報 jǐng bào (fire) alarm / alert signal / alarm / alert / warning 下令 xià lìng to give an order / to issue an order syn 征兆 徵兆 zhēng zhào omen / sign (that sth is about to happen) / warning sign syn 预警 預警 yù jǐng warning / early warning 报警器 報警器 bào jǐng qì alarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm) / warning device 警示 jǐng shì to warn / to alert / warning / cautionary syn 打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others 鸣枪 鳴槍 míng qiāng to fire warning shots syn 订货 訂貨 dìng huò to order goods / to place an order syn 定购 定購 dìng gòu to order goods / to place an order syn 号令 號令 hào lìng an order (esp. army) / bugle call expressing military order / verbal command syn 警号 警號 jǐng hào alarm / alert / warning signal 警讯 警訊 jǐng xùn warning sign / police call 引以为戒 引以為戒 yǐn yǐ wéi jiè to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly syn 预警机 預警機 yù jǐng jī early warning aircraft system, e.g. US AWACS 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 预警系统 預警系統 yù jǐng xì tǒng early warning system 示警 shì jǐng to warn / a warning sign 预警机制 預警機制 early warning mechanism 苦口 kǔ kǒu lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口) / fig. earnestly (of warning, advice) syn 喽 嘍 lou (final particle equivalent to 了[le5]) / (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation) syn 以儆效尤 yǐ jǐng xiào yóu (idiom) to warn against following bad examples / as a warning to others syn 饬 飭 chì (bound form) to put in order / to arrange properly / circumspect / well-behaved / to give (sb) an order syn 鉴戒 鑒戒 jiàn jiè lesson from events of the past / warning 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.) 订单 訂單 dìng dān (purchase) order 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 邮购 郵購 yóu gòu to purchase by mail / to mail-order 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) 无序 無序 wú xù disorderly / irregular / lack of order 井然有序 jǐng rán yǒu xù everything clear and in good order (idiom) / neat and tidy syn 