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玲

líng

Character

What 玲 means

1. onomatopoeiating-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑)
2. tinkling of gem-pendants

Example sentences

• 佳玲说她阿嬷会用 LINE 了，还每天传贴图。
  Chia-ling said her grandma knows how to use LINE now. She sends stickers every day.
• 玲奶奶死的不瞑目。流传说那栋房子至今未人敢入住。
  Grandma Ling died with unfinished business. It is said that to this day no one has dared to live in that house.

Words starting with 玲

• 玲珑líng lóng(onomatopoeia) clink of jewels; exquisite; detailed and fine
• 玲玲líng líng(onomatopoeia) tinkling (e.g. of jewels)
• 玲珑剔透líng lóng tī tòuexquisitely made; very clever

Words containing 玲

• 张爱玲Zhāng Ài língEileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
• 丁玲Dīng LíngDing Ling (1904–1986), Chinese novelist, author of the novel "The Sun Shines over the…
• 林志玲Lín Zhì língLin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress
• 小巧玲珑xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng(idiom) dainty; delicate; exquisite
• 美玲Měi língMeiling (female name); Zhou Meiling 周美玲
• 郑裕玲Zhèng Yù língCarol "Dodo" Cheng Yu-Ling (1957-), Hong Kong actress and TV host
• 梵婀玲fàn ē líng(loanword; archaic) violin
• 玎玲dīng líng(onomatopoeia) ding-a-ling; clink of jewels
• 八面玲珑bā miàn líng lóngbe smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
• 爱德玲Ài dé língAdeline (name)

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
• 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 玲

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

• 给gěito; for; for the benefit of
• 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer
• 垮kuǎto collapse (lit. or fig.)
• 拎līnto lift up; to carry in one's hand; Taiwan pr. līng
• 烩huìto braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
• 挎kuàto carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

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
• 菱(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 令used in 脊令; used in 令狐
• 苓fungus; tuber
• 绫damask; thin silk