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龄

líng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 齡

What 龄 means

1. age
2. length of experience, membership etc

Example sentences

• 你和我同龄。
  Nǐ hé wǒ tónglíng.
  You and I are the same age.
• 他们年龄相仿。
  Tāmen niánlíng xiāngfǎng.
  They are about the same age.
• 你有多大年龄?
  What's your age?
• 你年龄有多大?
  How old are you?
• 我跟汤姆同龄。
  Tom is the same age as I am.
• 你的年龄是多少？
  How old are you?

Words containing 龄

• 年龄nián líng(a person's) age
• 高龄gāo língelderly
• 同龄人tóng líng rénpeer; one's contemporary; person of the same age
• 同龄tóng língof the same age
• 年龄段nián líng duànage group
• 宋美龄Sòng Měi língSoong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife
• 工龄gōng línglength of service (in years); years of employment
• 妙龄miào líng(of a girl) in the prime of youth
• 保龄球bǎo líng qiúten-pin bowling (loanword); bowling ball
• 宋庆龄Sòng Qìng língSong Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孙中山
• 大龄dà língolder (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc)
• 老龄化lǎo líng huàaging (population)
• 适龄shì língof age; of the appropriate age
• 低龄dī líng(of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age
• 婚龄hūn línglength of married life; marriageable age; actual marrying age
• 学龄xué língschool age
• 教龄jiào língyears of teaching experience; teaching experience
• 月龄yuè líng(baby's) age in months
• 乐龄lè línggolden years (after the age of about 60)
• 冲龄chōng língchildhood (typically used in reference to an emperor)
• 减龄jiǎn língto become more youthful
• 老龄lǎo língold age; aging; aged
• 育龄yù língchildbearing age
• 超龄chāo língtoo old; overage; (of a young person's behavior or attributes) beyond one's years…

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
• 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 龄

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

• 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly
• 酷kùruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool
• 酯zhǐester
• 漩xuánwhirlpool; eddy; also pr. xuàn
• 跚shānused in 蹒跚
• 酩mǐngused in 酩酊

Sounds the same

Read líng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 零zero; nought; zero sign
• 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
• 绫damask; thin silk