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陵

líng

HSK 6 Character

What 陵 means

1. mound
2. tomb
3. hill
4. mountain

Example sentences

• 格陵兰岛比德国冷。
  Gélínglán Dǎo bǐ Déguó lěng.
  In Greenland it's colder than in Germany.
• 特朗普想把格陵兰岛买下来。
  Trump wants to buy Greenland.
• 非洲是一个大陆, 而格陵兰不是。
  Fēizhōu shì yī gè dàlù, ér Gélínglán bù shì.
  Africa is a continent, but Greenland is not.
• 重庆是一座丘陵的城市，道路弯弯曲曲的。
  Chóngqìng shì yī zuò qiūlíng de chéngshì, dàolù wānwānqūqū de.
  Chongqing is a hilly city with winding streets.

Words starting with 陵

• 陵墓líng mùtomb; mausoleum
• 陵园líng yuáncemetery; mausoleum park
• 陵水Líng shuǐLingshui Lizu Autonomous County, Hainan; abbr. for 陵水黎族自治县
• 陵城区Líng chéng QūLingcheng, a district of Dezhou City 德州市
• 陵川县Líng chuān XiànLingchuan, a county in Jincheng City 晋城市
• 陵水县Líng shuǐ xiànLingshui Lizu Autonomous County, Hainan; abbr. for 陵水黎族自治县
• 陵夷líng yíto deteriorate; to decline; to slump
• 陵寝líng qǐntomb (of king or emperor)
• 陵水黎族自治县Líng shuǐ Lí zú Zì zhì xiànLingshui Lizu Autonomous County, Hainan
• 陵城Líng chéngsee 陵城区
• 陵川Líng chuānsee 陵川县

Words containing 陵

• 丘陵qiū línghills
• 金陵Jīn língpre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name
• 中山陵Zhōng shān LíngDr Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing
• 嘉陵江Jiā líng JiāngJialing River in Sichuan (a tributary of the Yangtze)
• 李陵Lǐ LíngLi Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a…
• 凭陵píng língto ride roughshod over; to encroach
• 竟陵Jìng língJingling, former name of Tianmen 天门, Hubei
• 黄陵Huáng língmausoleum of the Yellow Emperor; Huangling county in Yan'an 延安
• 南陵县Nán líng XiànNanling, a county in Wuhu City 芜湖市
• 召陵区Shào líng QūShaoling, a district of Luohe City 漯河市
• 嘉陵区Jiā líng QūJialing, a district of Nanchong City 南充市
• 宁陵县Níng líng XiànNingling, a county in Shangqiu City 商丘市
• 广陵区Guǎng líng QūGuangling, a district of Yangzhou City 扬州市
• 格陵兰Gé líng lánGreenland
• 杨陵区Yáng líng QūYangling, a district of Xianyang City 咸阳市
• 乐陵市Lào líng ShìLaoling, a county-level city in Dezhou City 德州市
• 武陵区Wǔ líng QūWuling, a district of Changde City 常德市
• 武陵源Wǔ líng yuánWulingyuan scenic area, in Zhangjiajie city 张家界市
• 江陵县Jiāng líng XiànJiangling, a county in Jingzhou City 荆州市
• 海陵区Hǎi líng QūHailing, a district of Taizhou City 泰州市
• 炎帝陵Yán dì língFiery Emperor's tomb in Yanling county, Zhuzhou 株洲, Hunan
• 炎陵县Yán líng XiànYanling, a county in Zhuzhou City 株洲市
• 烈士陵liè shì língmemorial mound; heroes' memorial
• 茶陵县Chá líng XiànChaling, a county in Zhuzhou City 株洲市

Characters built on 夌

These share the phonetic component 夌 (líng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 凌língto approach; to rise high; thick ice
• 菱líng(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 淩língvariant of 凌
• 绫língdamask; thin silk
• 鲮língmud carp (Cirrhina molitorella)

Characters that look like 陵

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

• 险xiǎndanger; dangerous; rugged
• 隆lónggrand; intense; prosperous
• 猎lièhunting
• 淩língvariant of 凌
• 陲chuífrontier
• 绫língdamask; thin silk

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
• 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