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伶

líng

HSK 6 Character

What 伶 means

1. oldactor; actress
2. (meaningless bound form)

Example sentences

• 她口齿伶俐。
  Tā kǒuchǐ línglì.
  She has a fluent tongue.

Words starting with 伶

• 伶俐líng lìclever; witty; intelligent; deft; adroit
• 伶人líng rén(old) actor; actress
• 伶盗龙líng dào lóngvelociraptor (dinosaur)
• 伶牙俐齿líng yá lì chǐclever and eloquent (idiom); fluent; having the gift of the gab
• 伶鼬líng yòuweasel; Mustela nivalis (zoology)
• 伶仃líng dīngalone and helpless
• 伶俜líng pīng(literary) lonely; all alone; solitary

Words containing 伶

• 聪明伶俐cōng ming líng lì(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
• 孤苦伶仃gū kǔ líng dīngsolitary and impoverished (idiom)
• 优伶yōu líng(old) performing artist; actor; actress
• 名伶míng língfamous actor or actress (Chinese opera)
• 口齿伶俐kǒu chǐ líng lìeloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence; the gift of the gab
• 瘦伶仃shòu líng dīngemaciated; scrawny
• 瘦骨伶仃shòu gǔ líng dīng(idiom) emaciated; scrawny
• 机伶jī lingvariant of 机灵

Characters built on 令

These share the phonetic component 令 (lìng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 领lǐngneck; collar; to lead
• 龄língage; length of experience, membership etc
• 岭língused in 岭𫶕líng yíng
• 铃líng(small) bell
• 玲líng(onomatopoeia) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants
• 聆líng(literary) to hear; to listen
• 羚língantelope
• 呤língused in 呤呤

Characters that look like 伶

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 价jiàprice; value; (chemistry) valence
• 择zéto select; to choose; to pick over
• 降jiàngto drop; to fall; to come down
• 仲zhòngsecond month of a season; middle; intermediate
• 怜liánto pity
• 绎yìcontinuous; to interpret; to unravel

Sounds the same

Read líng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 零zero; nought; zero sign
• 龄age; length of experience, membership etc
• 灵quick; alert; efficacious
• 凌to approach; to rise high; thick ice
• 铃(small) bell
• 陵mound; tomb; hill
• 岭used in 岭𫶕líng yíng
• 玲(onomatopoeia) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants
• 菱(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 令used in 脊令; used in 令狐
• 苓fungus; tuber
• 绫damask; thin silk