鈴 (ling4 | ling2) : jingling bells

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鈴

ling4

ling2

jingling bells

Stroke count: 13

Level: 4

Radical: (#167)

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

鈴 / 铃

This word has been viewed 5936 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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金鈴子 gam1 ling4 zi2 jin1 ling2 zi3 = chinaberry

馬鈴薯 maa5 ling4 syu4*2 ma3 ling2 shu3 = potato 國

門鈴 mun4 ling4 = doorbell

電鈴 din6 ling4 dian4 ling2 = electrical bell

鈴聲 ling4 seng1 ling2 sheng1 = ringing sound; ringing melody; ringtone

鈴鈴 ling4*1 ling4*1 = rumble (of earthquake, carts, etc.)

牛頸鈴 ngau4 geng2 ling4 = cowbell

電話鈴聲 din6 waa6*2 ling4 seng1 dian4 hua4 ling2 sheng1 = ringtone

手機鈴聲 sau2 gei1 ling4 seng1 shou3 ji1 ling2 sheng1 = ringtone

按門鈴 on3 mun4 ling4 an4 men2 ling3 = to ring a doorbell
See all 22 compounds (CantoDict reports 20 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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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: 鈴
Unicode code for this character: U+9234 (off-site link)

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