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零丁

líng dīng

2-character word

What 零丁 means

1. variant of {伶仃|líng dīng}

The characters in 零丁

• 零língzero; nought; zero sign
• 丁dīngmale adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干; fourth (used like "4" or "D")

Words containing 零丁

• 孤苦零丁gū kǔ líng dīngvariant of 孤苦伶仃

Sounds the same

Read líng dīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 伶仃alone and helpless