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伶仃

líng dīng

2-character word

What 伶仃 means

1. alone and helpless

The characters in 伶仃

• 伶líng(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
• 仃dīngused in 伶仃

Words containing 伶仃

• 孤苦伶仃gū kǔ líng dīngsolitary and impoverished (idiom)
• 瘦伶仃shòu líng dīngemaciated; scrawny
• 瘦骨伶仃shòu gǔ líng dīng(idiom) emaciated; scrawny

Sounds the same

Read líng dīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 零丁variant of 伶仃