伶 (ling4 | ling2) : actor; solitary; clever

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伶

ling4

ling2

[1] actor or actress; entertainer
[2] solitary; lonely
[3] clever; bright; intelligent

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

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

伶

This word has been viewed 3133 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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伶俐 ling4 lei6 ling2 li4 = [adj] clever; witty; intelligent

伶仃 ling4 ding1 = lonely

精伶 zing1 ling4*1 jing1 ling2 = clever; smart

孤苦伶仃 gu1 fu2 ling4 ding1 gu1 ku3 ling2 ding1 = orphaned and helpless; friendless and wretched

孤伶伶 gu1 ling4*1 ling4*1 = alone, lonely 粵

口齒伶俐 hau2 ci2 ling4 lei6 kou3 chi3 ling2 li4 = elegant; glib tongue

空身伶俐 hung1 san1 ling4 lei6 kong4 shen1 ling2 li4 = 1. be single; be alone 2. have no baggage encumbering oneself 粵

陳松伶 can4 cung4 ling4 chen2 song1 ling2 = Nadia Chan

黃婉伶 wong4 jyun2 ling4 huang2 wan3 ling2 = Race Wong

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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: 伶
Unicode code for this character: U+4f36 (off-site link)

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