玲
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
líng ling2
- (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑)
- tinkling of gem-pendants
Example sentences
Words with 玲
- 玲珑 línglóng (onom.) clink of jewels
- 玎玲 dīnglíng (onom.) ding-a-ling
- 玲玲 línglíng (onom.) tinkling (e.g. of jewels)
- 梵婀玲 fànēlíng (loanword) (archaic) violin
- 八面玲珑 bāmiànlínglóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
- 小巧玲珑 xiǎoqiǎolínglóng (idiom) dainty; delicate; exquisite
- 玲珑剔透 línglóngtītòu exquisitely made
- 美玲 Měilíng Meiling (female name)
- 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
- 爱德玲 Àidélíng Adeline (name)
- 张爱玲 ZhāngÀilíng Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
- 林志玲 LínZhìlíng Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress