líng
Pinyin

Definition

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líng
  1. (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑)
  2. tinkling of gem-pendants

Character Decomposition

Related Words (9)

Zhāng Ài líng
  1. 1 Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
líng lóng
  1. 1 (onom.) clink of jewels
  2. 2 exquisite
  3. 3 detailed and fine
  4. 4 clever
  5. 5 nimble
Lín Zhì líng
  1. 1 Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress
líng líng
  1. 1 (onom.) tinkling (e.g. of jewels)
Dīng Líng
  1. 1 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

Sample Sentences

小玲,你在给谁发短信啊?
Xiǎolíng ,nǐ zài gěi shéi fā duǎnxìn a ?
Xiao Ling, who are you texting?
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哎,黛玉真可怜。不过《红楼梦》里我最欣赏王熙凤,八面玲珑的,没有她摆不平的事。
āi ,Dàiyù zhēn kělián 。bùguò Hónglóumèng lǐ wǒ zuì xīnshǎng Wáng Xīfèng ,bāmiànlínglóng de ,méiyǒu tā bǎibupíng de matter 。
Agh, Daiyu is really pitiable. But my favorite in "The Dream of the Red Chambers" is Wang Kangfeng. She's very slick, and comfortable in all kinds of environments. There's nothing she can't take care of.
也是,现下流行纸片人骨感风,但没准一个风向改变,又掀起一股凹凸有致玲珑性感复古风呢!
yě shì ,xiànxià liúxíng zhǐpiànrén gǔgǎn fēng ,dàn méizhǔn yī gè fēngxiàng gǎibiàn ,yòu xiānqǐ yī gǔ āotūyǒuzhì línglóng xìnggǎn fùgǔ fēng ne !
Yeah, now the fashion is for paper-thin boniness, but who knows when things will turn around, and a retro wave for curvy voluptuousness!
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啊,小周啊我认识啊,没错,后来他和安玲结婚以后就完全退居二线了,每天学校、菜场、家三点一线。
ā ,Xiǎo Zhōu ā wǒ rènshi ā ,méicuò ,hòulái tā hé Ānlíng jiéhūn yǐhòu jiù wánquán tuìjūèrxiàn le ,měitiān xuéxiào 、càichǎng 、jiā sān diǎn yī xiàn 。
Ah, I know Xiaozhou. You're right, after he married Anling he gave up his role as a breadwinner and just went back and forth between the school, the market and his house.
你们还不是一天到晚幻想女生都要像林志玲,没有啦,只有我这种说不上美如天仙,但至少不太抱歉的可爱女孩!
nǐmen háibùshì yītiāndàowǎn huànxiǎng nǚshēng dōuyào xiàng Lín Zhìlíng ,méiyǒu la ,zhǐyǒu wǒ zhèzhǒng shuō bu shàng měi rú tiānxiān ,dàn zhìshǎo bùtài bàoqiàn de kě ài nǚhái !
Aren't you guys always fantasizing that all girls are like Lin Zhiling from morning to night. They aren't, there are only girls like me that aren't angelic beauties, but at least are cute and aren't really unfortunate looking!
俊成、玲玲,你们?你们怎么这么晚还一起出门?
jùnchéng 、línglíng ,nǐmen ?nǐmen zěnme zhème wǎn hái yìqǐ chūmén ?
Juncheng, Lingling, you guys... Why are you two out and about together this late?
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玲玲,怎么了?
Língling ,zěnmele ?
Lingling, what's going on?
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那你喜欢什么类型的?林志玲那种的?
nà nǐ xǐhuan shénme lèixíng de ?Lín Zhìlíng nà zhǒng de ?
Then what kind do you like? Someone like Lin Zhiling?
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就是。林志玲四五十岁了,还是男人心里的女神。
jiùshì 。Lín Zhìlíng sìwǔshí suì le ,háishì nánrén xīnli de nǚshén 。
Yeah. Lin Zhiling is already 40 or 50 years old, and she's a dream girl for guys.
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玲玲,你的网速慢不慢?
Língling ,nǐ de wǎngsù màn bu màn ?
Lingling, is your internet speed slow?
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