玲 (ling4 | ling2 ) : tinkle; exquisite

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玲

ling4

ling2

[1] tinkle; jingle
[2] exquisite; ingenious; delicate

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 玉 (#96)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

玲

This word has been viewed 7715 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Nov 2009 00:58

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八面玲瓏 baat3 min6 ling4 lung4 ba1 mian4 ling2 long2 = be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)

愛德玲 oi3 dak1 ling4 ai4 de2 ling2 = Adeline

劉嘉玲 lau4 gaa1 ling4 liu2 jia1 ling2 = Carina Lau

阮玲玉 jyun2 ling4 juk6 ruan3 ling2 yu4 = Ruan Ling-Yu

麥玲玲 mak6 ling4 ling4 mai4 ling2 ling2 = Mak Ling Ling, Mai Ling Ling

陳嘉玲 can4 gaa1 ling4 chen2 jia1 ling2 = Charine Chan (also 陳加玲)

陳加玲 can4 gaa1 ling4 chen2 jia1 ling2 = Charine Chan (also 陳嘉玲)

戴愛玲 daai3 oi3 ling4 dai4 ai4 ling2 = Tai Ailing

劉玉玲 lau4 juk6 ling4 liu2 yu4 ling2 = Lucy Alexis Liu

玲玲 ling4 ling4 ling2 ling2 = Ling Ling
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Decimal representation of this word: 玲
Unicode code for this character: U+73b2 (off-site link)

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