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伶
líng
1. clever
Common • Top 10% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

伶
líng
clever; lonely, solitary
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (15)

伶人
língrén
actor
伶仃
língdīng
alone and helpless
伶俐
línglì
clever
HSK 6
伶俜
língpīng
lonely
伶悧
línglì
variant of [[伶俐]], clever
伶鼬
língyòu
weasel
优伶
yōulíng
(old) performing artist
名伶
mínglíng
famous actor or actress (Chinese opera)
机伶
jīling
variant of [[機靈|机灵<jīling>]]
伶盗龙
língdàolóng
velociraptor (dinosaur)
伶牙俐齿
língyálìchǐ
clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent
口齿伶俐
kǒuchǐlínglì
eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence
孤苦伶仃
gūkǔlíngdīng
solitary and impoverished (idiom)
瘦骨伶仃
shòugǔlíngdīng
emaciated
聪明伶俐
cōngminglínglì
clever and quick-witted

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,905
Word Frequency Rank
8,363 of 84,292

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