凌 (ling4 | ling2) : bully; insult; rise high; soar

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凌

ling4

ling2

[1] [v] bully; insult; humiliate
[2] [v] rise high; tower aloft; soar
[3] [v] approach; draw near
[4] [n] ice | [variant] 冰
[5] [n] a Chinese surname

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 冫 (#15)

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

凌

This word has been viewed 6426 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Mar 2014 13:15

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欺凌 hei1 ling4 qi1 ling2 = to bully and humiliate

凌駕 ling4 gaa3 = overrunning, overtop

凌駕於 ling4 gaa3 jyu1 = outmatch

網絡欺凌 mong5 lok3 hei1 ling4 = cyberbullying

凌亂 ling4 lyun6 ling2 luan4 = chaos

凌空 ling4 hung1 ling2 kong1 = be high up in the air; soar or tower aloft

凌志 ling4 zi3 ling2 zhi4 = Lexus

凌辱 ling4 juk6 ling2 ru3 [PRC] / ru4 [TW] = bully and humiliate

凌厲 ling4 lai6 ling2 li4 = quick and aggressive; swift and forceful

霸凌 baa3 ling4 ba4 ling2 = bully 國
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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: 凌
Unicode code for this character: U+51cc (off-site link)

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