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铃

líng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 鈴 Measure word 只

What 铃 means

1. (small) bell

Example sentences

• 铃响了。
  The bell rang.
• 按两下铃。
  àn liǎngxià líng.
  Press the bell twice.
• 门铃儿响了。
  The doorbell rang.
• 谁在按门铃？
  Who's ringing at the door?
• 铃声停止了。
  The ringing stopped.
• 你按门铃了吗？
  Nǐ àn ménlíng le ma?
  Have you already rung the doorbell?

Words starting with 铃

• 铃声líng shēngring; ringtone; bell stroke
• 铃木Líng mùSuzuki (Japanese surname)
• 铃铛líng danglittle bell
• 铃兰líng lánlily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
• 铃鼓líng gǔtambourine (musical instrument); bell and drum

Words containing 铃

• 门铃mén língdoorbell
• 风铃fēng língwind chimes
• 马铃薯mǎ líng shǔpotato
• 哑铃yǎ língdumbbell (weight)
• 电铃diàn língelectric bell
• 掩耳盗铃yǎn ěr dào línglit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself…
• 杠铃gàng língbarbell
• 铜铃tóng língbell made of copper or bronze
• 壶铃hú língkettlebell, girya
• 床铃chuáng língbaby mobile; crib mobile
• 彩铃cǎi líng(telephony) ringback tone
• 打铃dǎ língto ring a bell
• 扯铃chě língdiabolo; Chinese yo-yo
• 棉铃mián língcotton boll (fruit)
• 警铃jǐng língalarm bell
• 车铃chē língbicycle bell
• 转铃zhuàn língbicycle bell (with a rotating internal mechanism)
• 响铃xiǎng líng(of a bell, alarm, or phone) to ring
• 闹铃nào língalarm bell (on a clock or phone)
• 回铃音huí líng yīnringback tone
• 曼陀铃màn tuó líng(loanword) mandolin
• 棉铃虫mián líng chóngcotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera)
• 红铃虫hóng líng chóngpink bollworm; Pectinophora gassypiella
• 金铃子jīn líng zǐchinaberry (Melia azedarach)

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
• 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 铃

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

• 铅qiānlead (chemistry)
• 钴gǔ(chemistry) cobalt (Taiwan pr. gū); used in 钴𬭁gǔ mǔ
• 铎duólarge ancient bell
• 铨quánto estimate; to select
• 钧jūn30 catties; great; your (honorific)
• 铪hāhafnium (chemistry)

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
• 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
• 绫damask; thin silk