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领
lǐng
What 领 means
- neck
- collar
- to lead
- to receive
- classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
Example sentences
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你领先。You're in the lead.
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你的领带松了。Your tie has come undone.
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你的领带不错。Your tie looks good.
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他系上了领带。He put on a tie.
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有领导潜力吗？Do you have leadership potential?
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谢谢你的领导。Thank you for your leadership.
Words starting with 领
- 领导lǐng dǎolead; leading; to lead
- 领域lǐng yùdomain; sphere; field; territory; area
- 领袖lǐng xiùleader
- 领先lǐng xiānto lead; to be in front
- 领土lǐng tǔterritory
- 领悟lǐng wùto understand; to comprehend
- 领会lǐng huìto understand; to comprehend; to grasp
- 领事馆lǐng shì guǎnconsulate
- 领导人lǐng dǎo rénleader
- 领取lǐng qǔto receive; to draw; to get
- 领带lǐng dàinecktie
- 领到lǐng dàoto receive
- 领略lǐng lüèto have a taste of; to realize; to appreciate
- 领导者lǐng dǎo zhěleader
- 领队lǐng duìto lead a group; leader of a group; captain (of sports squad)
- 领地lǐng dìterritory; domain; estate; (old) fief
- 领事lǐng shìconsul
- 领导班子lǐng dǎo bān zileadership group; the leadership
- 领子lǐng zishirt collar
- 领教lǐng jiàomuch obliged; thank you; to ask advice
- 领班lǐng bānsupervisor; foreman; head waiter or waitress
- 领口lǐng kǒucollar; neckband; neckline
- 领养lǐng yǎngto adopt (a child, pet etc)
- 领馆lǐng guǎnconsulate; consular official
Words containing 领
- 本领běn lǐngskill; ability; capability
- 带领dài lǐngto guide; to lead
- 占领zhàn lǐngto capture; to seize; to occupy by force
- 率领shuài lǐngto lead; to command; to head
- 纲领gāng lǐngprogram (i.e. plan of action); guiding principle
- 白领bái lǐngwhite-collar; white-collar worker
- 首领shǒu lǐnghead; boss; chief
- 引领yǐn lǐngto crane one's neck; to await eagerly; to lead
- 将领jiàng lǐnghigh-ranking military officer
- 要领yào lǐngmain aspects; essentials; gist
- 衣领yī lǐngcollar; neck
- 红领巾hóng lǐng jīnred neckscarf; by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers
- 统领tǒng lǐngto lead; to command; commander
- 使领馆shǐ lǐng guǎnembassy and consulate
- 心领神会xīn lǐng shén huìto understand tacitly (idiom); to know intuitively; to understand thoroughly
- 认领rèn lǐngto claim (as one's property); to adopt (a child); to accept…
- 总领事馆zǒng lǐng shì guǎnconsulate general
- 申领shēn lǐngto apply (for license, visa etc)
- 总领事zǒng lǐng shìconsul general
- 蓝领lán lǐngblue-collar; blue-collar worker
- 不得要领bù dé yào lǐngto fail to grasp the main points
- 总领馆zǒng lǐng guǎnconsulate general; same as 总领事馆
- 头领tóu lǐnghead person; leader
- 遥遥领先yáo yáo lǐng xiān(idiom) a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin
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.
- 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
- 羚língantelope
- 伶líng(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
- 呤língused in 呤呤
Characters that look like 领
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 顿dùnto stop; to pause; to arrange
- 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
- 锈xiùto rust
- 顽wánmischievous; obstinate; to play
- 甥shēng(bound form) sister's son; nephew
- 颌hé(bound form) jaw
Sounds the same
Read lǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.
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