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羚

líng

Character

What 羚 means

1. antelope

Words starting with 羚

• 羚羊líng yángantelope
• 羚牛líng niútakin (type of goat-antelope)

Words containing 羚

• 藏羚Zàng língTibetan antelope; Pantholops hodgsonii; chiru
• 斑羚bān língNemorhaedus goral, a species of antelope found in Xinjiang
• 瞪羚dèng línggazelle
• 小羚羊xiǎo líng yánggazelle
• 扭角羚niǔ jiǎo língtakin (Budorcas taxicolor); goat-antelope
• 藏羚羊Zàng líng yángTibetan antelope or Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii)
• 鹅喉羚é hóu línggoitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa)
• 普氏小羚羊Pǔ shì xiǎo líng yángPrzevalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) of Central Asia
• 臆羚yì língchamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)

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
• 伶líng(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
• 呤língused in 呤呤

Characters that look like 羚

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

• 检jiǎnto check; to examine; to inspect
• 脸liǎnface
• 捡jiǎnto pick up; to collect; to gather
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 烩huìto braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
• 滁Chúname of a river in Anhui

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