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岭

líng

Character

What 岭 means

1. used in 岭𫶕líng yíng

Other readings

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

• lǐngmountain range; mountain ridge

Words starting with 岭

• 岭南Lǐng nánsouth of the five ranges; old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
• 岭东区Lǐng dōng QūLingdong, a district of Shuangyashan City 双鸭山市
• 岭𫶕líng yíngdeep in the mountains
• 岭东Lǐng dōngsee 岭东区

Words containing 岭

• 八达岭Bā dá lǐngBadaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
• 秦岭Qín lǐngQinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain…
• 山岭shān lǐngmountain ridge
• 分水岭fēn shuǐ lǐngdividing range; drainage divide; (fig.) dividing line
• 翻山越岭fān shān yuè lǐnglit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey
• 崇山峻岭chóng shān jùn lǐngtowering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom)
• 南岭Nán lǐngNanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi
• 果岭guǒ lǐnggreen (golf) (loanword)
• 海岭hǎi lǐngmid-ocean ridge
• 大吉岭Dà jí lǐngDarjeeling, town in India
• 松岭区Sōng lǐng QūSongling, a district of Daxing'anling Prefecture 大兴安岭地区
• 温岭市Wēn lǐng ShìWenling, a county-level city in Taizhou City 台州市
• 老爷岭Lǎo ye lǐngChinese name for Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russia's Primorsky Krai around Vladivostok
• 越城岭Yuè chéng lǐngYuecheng mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi
• 都庞岭Dū páng lǐngDupang mountain range between south Hunan and Guangdong
• 铁岭市Tiě lǐng ShìTieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省
• 铁岭县Tiě lǐng XiànTieling, a county in Tieling City 铁岭市
• 长岭县Cháng lǐng XiànChangling, a county in Songyuan City 松原市
• 骑田岭Qí tián lǐngQitian mountain range between south Hunan and Guangdong
• 高岭土gāo lǐng tǔkaolin (clay); china clay
• 中央海岭zhōng yāng hǎi lǐngmid-ocean ridge (geology)
• 公主岭市Gōng zhǔ lǐng ShìGongzhuling, a county-level city in Siping City 四平市
• 大分界岭Dà fēn jiè lǐngGreat Dividing Range, mountain range along the east coast of Australia
• 荒山野岭huāng shān yě lǐngwild, mountainous country

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
• 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)
• 呤língused in 呤呤

Characters that look like 岭

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

• 砖zhuānbrick; tile (floor or wall, not roof)
• 吟yínto chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems)…
• 垮kuǎto collapse (lit. or fig.)
• 峙zhì(literary) to tower aloft
• 呛qiàngto irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent
• 呤língused in 呤呤

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)
• 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