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 6138 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

心理年齡 sam1 lei5 nin4 ling4 xin1 li3 nian2 ling2 = mental age

車齡 ce1 ling4 che1 ling2 = age of a car

轆齡 luk1 ling4 lu4 ling2 = bowl; play bowling 粵

保齡球樽 bou2 ling4 kau4 zeon1 bao3 ling2 qiu2 zun1 = bowling pin 粵

適婚年齡 sik1 fan1 nin4 ling4 shi4 hun1 nian2 ling2 = marriagable age; appropriate age to get married

芳齡 fong1 ling4 fang1 ling2 = the age of a young woman

遐齡 haa4 ling4 xia2 ling2 = old age; advanced age

樓齡 lau4 ling4 lou2 ling2 = the age of a building 粵

高齡 gou1 ling4 gao1 ling2 = old age; advancing in age; elderly

高齡產婦 gou1 ling4 caan2 fu5 gao1 ling2 chan3 fu4 = aged pregnant women; a women who gets pregnant in her late 30's and 40's

年齡限制 nin4 ling4 haan6 zai3 nian2 ling2 xian4 zhi4 = age limit

高齡者 gou1 ling4 ze2 gao1 ling2 zhe3 = an old person; a senior citizen; the aged

髫齡 tiu4 ling4 tiao2 ling2 = childhood

刑事責任年齡 jing4 si6 zaak3 jam6 nin4 ling4 xing2 shi4 ze2 ren4 nian2 ling2 = age of penal responsibility

陳美齡 can4 mei5 ling4 chen2 mei3 ling2 = Agnes Chan

宋慶齡 sung3 hing3 ling4 Song4 qing4 ling2 = Song Qingling or Rosemonde Soong (1893 - 1981), Dr Sun Yat-Sen's wife (and subsequently widow)

宋美齡 sung3 mei5 ling4 Song4 mei3 ling2 = Soong Mei-ling or Song Meiling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's wife (subsequently widow)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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

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