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玲
líng
1. (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as [[玎玲]] or [[玲瓏|玲珑]])
2. tinkling of gem-pendants
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

玲
líng
the tinkling of jewelry
9 丶

Compound Words (12)

丁玲
DīngLíng
Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River [[太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上]], attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party
玎玲
dīnglíng
(onom.) ding-a-ling
玲玲
línglíng
(onom.) tinkling (e.g. of jewels)
玲珑
línglóng
(onom.) clink of jewels
美玲
Měilíng
Meiling (female name)
郑裕玲
ZhèngYùlíng
Carol "Dodo" Cheng Yu-Ling (1957-), Hong Kong actress and TV host
张爱玲
ZhāngÀilíng
Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
爱德玲
Àidélíng
Adeline (name)
林志玲
LínZhìlíng
Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress
八面玲珑
bāmiànlínglóng
be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
玲珑剔透
línglóngtītòu
exquisitely made
小巧玲珑
xiǎoqiǎolínglóng
dainty and delicate

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
1,854
Word Frequency Rank
3,755 of 84,292

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