令 let

Language

html

Surface

keywords

Locale

nan

Concept

let

Brain ID

html/keywords/let

Gloss

let — introduce/bind a name

Upstream reference

MDN · deep

Brain version

1.1.0-alpha.13 · generated Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:26:24 GMT · hash 4914b8003cdd29d0…

Provenance

#3 variable concept_map covers concept let
#23 demo-alpha concept_map maps html/let → concept let
#28 sealion-refinement concept_map covers concept let winning layer

Full per-leaf change history across brain builds is not yet recorded; shown is the current build's layer stack.

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Across locales

What each covering migration carries for this concept, per locale — the whole-brain view, not filtered by your language. Forms are the migration's leaf values (pre-transform, pre-human-verdict); a locale without a form falls back to canonical English. Chips open that locale's live docs page for this term.

variable · concept let — per-locale forms

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demo-alpha · concept let — per-locale forms

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sealion-refinement · concept let — per-locale forms

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AI council review

Reviewed by 1 model · @cf/aisingapore/gemma-sea-lion-v4-27b-it · 2026-07-17

Cluster variable · locale nan · member let

improve

verdict

令

existing translation

指定

improved translation

Explanation

'指定' (tsite-ting) means 'to assign' or 'to designate'. This better reflects the action of 'let' in many programming languages, where it's used to assign a value to a variable. It's more natural in modern Hokkien usage.

Issue breakdown

specificity While '令' is neutral, it's not commonly used in modern Hokkien programming discussions. It feels archaic.