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令人满意 (lìng rén mǎn yì) — to be satisfactory; to satisfy

Definition

令 (lìng) means 'to cause' and is a formal/literary alternative to 让 — 令人满意 = 'to make people satisfied / to be satisfactory'. It has a written, somewhat formal tone compared to 让 or 使.

verb
to be satisfactoryto satisfy

Examples

  • 令人满意。
    Tā de gōng zuò biǎo xiàn lìng rén mǎn yì.
    His work performance is satisfactory.
  • 令人满意。
    Zhè ge fāng àn bù néng lìng rén mǎn yì suǒ yǒu kè hù.
    This plan cannot satisfy all clients.
  • 令人满意。
    Wǒ men de mù biāo shì ràng gù kè lìng rén mǎn yì.
    Our goal is to make customers satisfied.

Origin

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 亼亼jí
  • 卩卩jié

In 令, the upper 亼 is an open mouth and the lower 卩 is a kneeling person, together showing someone giving orders.

Open 令 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Open 人 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 滿; 满 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
㒼
㒼㒼滿mǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 滿 pairs 水, showing water, with 㒼, giving the sound. The simplified 满 is a later shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 满 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 意 →
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