齡 (ling4 | ling2) : age; years

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齡

ling4

ling2

[1] age; years
[2] length of time; duration

Stroke count: 20

Level: 2

Radical: (#211)

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

齡 / 龄

This word has been viewed 6924 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Jan 2010 01:06

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年齡 nin4 ling4 nian2 ling2 = (a person's) age

工齡 gung1 ling4 = length of service; seniority

保齡球 bou2 ling4 kau4 = bowling

保齡球場 bou2 ling4 kau4 coeng4 bao3 ling2 qiu2 chang3 = bowling alley

同齡 tung4 ling4 tong2 ling2 = of the same age

婚齡 fan1 ling4 hun1 ling2 = marrying age

保齡 bou2 ling4 = bowling

學齡 hok6 ling4 xue2 ling2 = school age

妙齡少女 miu6 ling4 siu3 neoi5 miao4 ling2 shao4 nv3 = rosebud; subdeb; subdebutante (lit., "nubile maiden")

高齡津貼 gou1 ling4 zeon1 tip3 = old age allowance
See all 27 compounds (CantoDict reports 28 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 齡
Unicode code for this character: U+9f61 (off-site link)

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