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呤

líng

Character

What 呤 means

1. used in {呤呤|líng líng}

Other readings

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

• lìngused in {嘌呤|piào lìng}; Taiwan pr. líng

Words starting with 呤

• 呤呤líng líng(literary) to whisper

Words containing 呤

• 嘌呤piào lìngpurine (loanword)
• 腺嘌呤xiàn piào lìngadenine nucleotide (A, pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA and with uracil U 尿嘧啶 in RNA)
• 鸟嘌呤niǎo piào lìngguanine nucleotide (G, pairs with cytosine C 胞嘧啶 in DNA and RNA)
• 黄嘌呤huáng piào lìngxanthine
• 腺嘌呤核苷三磷酸xiàn piào lìng hé gān sān lín suānadenosine triphosphate (ATP)

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
• 伶líng(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)

Characters that look like 呤

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

• 哈hā(interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore
• 怜liánto pity
• 岭língused in 岭𫶕líng yíng
• 吟yínto chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems)…
• 垮kuǎto collapse (lit. or fig.)
• 呛qiàngto irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent

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
• 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