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凌
Líng
1. surname Ling
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 10 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

凌
líng
pure; virtuous; to insult; to maltreat
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

冰凌
bīnglíng
icicle
凌乱
língluàn
messy
凌夷
língyí
to deteriorate
凌志
Língzhì
Lexus
凌晨
língchén
very early in the morning
HSK 6
凌汛
língxùn
ice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream)
凌河
Línghé
Linghe district of Jinzhou city [[錦州市|锦州市]], Liaoning
凌海
Línghǎi
Linghai county level city in Jinzhou [[錦州|锦州]], Liaoning
凌源
Língyuán
Lingyuan county level city in Chaoyang [[朝陽|朝阳]], Liaoning
凌空
língkōng
be high up in the sky
凌辱
língrǔ
to insult
凌迟
língchí
the lingering death
凌杂
língzá
in disorder
凌云
Língyún
Lingyun county in Baise [[百色<Bǎisè>]], Guangxi
凌驾
língjià
to be above
欺凌
qīlíng
to bully and humiliate
凌虐
língnüè
to maltreat
霸凌
bàlíng
bullying (loanword)
冰激凌
bīngjīlíng
ice cream
HSK 5
凌志美
LíngZhìměi
Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009

Alternate Entries

凌
líng
to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,730
Word Frequency Rank
4,145 of 84,292