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Chinese symbol for “yessir”

得令
dé lìng
to follow your orders; roger!; yessir!

The closest CC-CEDICT match for yessir is 得令 (dé lìng), defined as: to follow your orders; roger!; yessir!.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

得 dé
to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
radical 60 ⼻ · 11 strokes
令 lìng
command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 得令.

WordPinyinMeaning
觉得 (覺得)jué deto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
获得 (獲得)huò déto obtain; to receive; to get
得到dé dàoto get; to obtain; to receive
取得qǔ déto acquire; to get; to obtain
记得 (記得)jì deto remember
值得zhí deworth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
命令mìng lìngorder; command
令人lìng rénto cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “yessir”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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