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凌

líng

HSK 5 Character

What 凌 means

1. to approach
2. to rise high
3. thick ice
4. to insult or maltreat

Other readings

凌 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Língsurname Ling

Example sentences

• 我姓凌。
  My surname is Ling.
• 停止霸凌！
  Tíngzhǐ bàlíng!
  Stop bullying.
• 我想吃冰淇凌。
  I want to eat ice cream.
• 给我留点冰激凌。
  Leave me a bit of ice cream.
• 我们没有冰激凌。
  We don't have any ice.
• 我们聊到凌晨两点。
  We talked until two in the morning.

Words starting with 凌

• 凌晨líng chénvery early in the morning; in the wee hours
• 凌乱líng luànmessy; disarrayed; disheveled
• 凌云líng yún(lit. and fig.) towering; lofty; high
• 凌空líng kōngbe high up in the sky
• 凌厉líng lìswift and fierce; fierce; forceful
• 凌辱líng rǔto insult; to humiliate; to bully
• 凌志Líng zhìLexus, luxury vehicle brand of Toyota Motor Corporation
• 凌虐líng nüèto maltreat; to tyrannize
• 凌迟líng chíthe lingering death; the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)
• 凌杂líng záin disorder
• 凌驾líng jiàto be above; to place above
• 凌河区Líng hé QūLinghe, a district of Jinzhou City 锦州市
• 凌波舞líng bō wǔlimbo (dance) (loanword)
• 凌海市Líng hǎi ShìLinghai, a county-level city in Jinzhou City 锦州市
• 凌源市Líng yuán ShìLingyuan, a county-level city in Chaoyang City 朝阳市
• 凌蒙初Líng Méng chūLing Mengchu (1580–1644), Ming dynasty short story writer and playwright
• 凌云县Líng yún XiànLingyun, a county in Baise City 百色市
• 凌杂米盐líng zá mǐ yándisordered and fragmentary
• 凌乱不堪líng luàn bù kānin a terrible mess (idiom)
• 凌夷líng yíto deteriorate; to decline; to slump
• 凌兢líng jīng(literary) icy cold; (literary) to shiver; to tremble
• 凌霄花líng xiāo huāChinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)
• 凌汛líng xùnice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream)
• 凌河Líng hésee 凌河区

Words containing 凌

• 冰激凌bīng jī língice cream
• 欺凌qī língto bully and humiliate
• 盛气凌人shèng qì líng rénoverbearing; arrogant bully
• 冰凌bīng língicicle
• 王心凌Wáng Xīn língstage name of Cyndi Wang; see 王君如
• 英飞凌Yīng fēi língInfineon (electronics company)
• 以强凌弱yǐ qiáng líng ruòto use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
• 气势凌人qì shì líng rénarrogant and overbearing
• 霸凌bà líng(loanword) bullying
• 傲雪凌霜ào xuě líng shuāngsee 欺霜傲雪
• 傲霜凌雪ào shuāng líng xuěsee 欺霜傲雪
• 恃强凌弱shì qiáng líng ruòsee 恃强欺弱

Characters built on 夌

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

• 陵língmound; tomb; hill
• 菱líng(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 淩língvariant of 凌
• 绫língdamask; thin silk
• 鲮língmud carp (Cirrhina molitorella)

Characters that look like 凌

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

• 威wēipower; might; prestige
• 盛shèngflourishing; vigorous; magnificent
• 绪xùbeginnings; clues; mental state
• 浚jùnto dredge (a river)
• 淩língvariant of 凌
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

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
• 铃(small) bell
• 陵mound; tomb; hill
• 伶(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
• 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