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另

lìng

HSK 4 Character

What 另 means

1. other
2. another
3. separate
4. separately

Example sentences

• 我另有计划。
  I made other plans.
• 我在另一边。
  I am on the other side.
• 那是另一回事。
  That is another matter.
• 我想要另一个。
  I want the other one.
• 他到另一边去了。
  He went over to the other side.
• 给我另一个例子。
  Give me a different example.

Words starting with 另

• 另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition; besides
• 另一方面lìng yī fāng miànon the other hand; another aspect
• 另有lìng yǒuto have some other (reason etc)
• 另加lìng jiāto add to; supplementary
• 另行lìng xíng(to do sth) separately; as a separate action
• 另当别论lìng dāng bié lùnto treat differently; another cup of tea
• 另眼相看lìng yǎn xiāng kànto treat sb favorably; to view in a new light
• 另存lìng cúnto save (a file) after options (name, location, format etc) have been selected by the user
• 另案lìng ànanother case (in law); a case to treat separately
• 另用lìng yòngdiversion
• 另见lìng jiàncf.; see also
• 另开lìng kāito break up; to divide property and live apart; to start on a new (path)
• 另类lìng lèioffbeat; alternative; avant-garde
• 另存为lìng cún wéiSave As ... (menu option in a software application)
• 另行通知lìng xíng tōng zhīto notify at a different time; to notify later; to give prior notice
• 另请高明lìng qǐng gāo míngplease find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
• 另有企图lìng yǒu qǐ tú(idiom) to have an ulterior motive
• 另册lìng cèthe Other List (Qing dynasty register of outlaws); a blacklist of undesirables
• 另类医疗lìng lèi yī liáoalternative medicine
• 另谋高就lìng móu gāo jiùto get a better job somewhere else (idiom); to seek alternative employment
• 另寄lìng jìto mail separately
• 另起炉灶lìng qǐ lú zàolit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch; back to square one…
• 另觅新欢lìng mì xīn huānto seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extramarital sex); a bit on the side
• 另辟蹊径lìng pì xī jìngto take an alternate route (idiom); to find an alternative; to take a different approach

Words containing 另

• 单另dān lìngseparately and exclusively; specially

Characters that look like 另

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

• 并bìngand; furthermore; also
• 月yuèmoon; month; monthly
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 写xiěto write
• 弗fú(literary) not; used in transliteration
• 吕lǚpitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

Sounds the same

Read lìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 令to order; to command; an order
• 呤used in 嘌呤; Taiwan pr. líng