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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

令人

lìngrén

to cause one (to do sth)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to cause one (to do sth)

02

to make one (angry, delighted etc)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 令人 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 令人 appears in 43 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

她的声音令人愉快。tā de shēng yīn lìng rén yú kuài。

She has an agreeable voice.

有些食物令人口渴。yǒu xiē shí wù lìng rén kǒu kě。

Some foods make you thirsty.

疼痛令人难以忍受。téng tòng lìng rén nán yǐ rěn shòu。

The pain is unbearable.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 令人.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 令人.

Directly before

  • 真是令人2
  • 得令人2
  • 一个令人2
  • 很令人2
  • 真的令人2

Directly after

  • 令人难以3
  • 令人难过3
  • 令人难以置信3
  • 令人印象3
  • 令人难以忍受2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 令人

What does 令人 mean in Chinese?

令人 (lìngrén) means to cause one (to do sth).

How do you pronounce 令人?

令人 is pronounced lìngrén.

Is 令人 an HSK word?

令人 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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