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ling5 leng5
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[1] mountain; ridge; mountain range [2] Five Ridges (across the border between Jiangxi and Guangdong) Jyutping ling5 is literary reading; leng5 is colloquial.
Stroke count: 17
Level: 1
Radical: 山 (#46)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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嶺 / 岭 | ||
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山嶺 saan1 leng5 = mountain ridge 嶺南 ling5 naam4 = south of Five Ridges 調景嶺 tiu4 ging2 ling5 = [n] Tiu Keng Leng (area and MTR stop), Rennie's Mill 峻嶺 zeon3 ling5 = high mountains; arete, outstanding character (as a metaphor) 大吉嶺紅茶 daai6 gat1 ling5 hung4 caa4 = Darjeeling tea 嶺上開花 leng5 soeng6 hoi1 faa1 = (mahjong) kong-pick [alternate] 粉嶺 fan2 leng5 = Fanling 長嶺 coeng4 ling5 = Changling (place in Jilin), Cheung Ling 公主嶺 gung1 zyu2 ling5 = Gongzhuling (city in Jilin) 蕉嶺 ziu1 ling5 = Jiaoling (place in Guangdong) See all 15 compounds |