伶 — Chinese character
伶
líng
clever; lonely, solitary
- Pinyin
- líng
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 亻 令
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 令
- Japanese
- 伶 as a kanji
Common words with 伶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伶俐 | líng lì | clever; witty; intelligent; deft; adroit |
| 名伶 | míng líng | famous actor or actress (Chinese opera) |
| 聪明伶俐 (聰明伶俐) | cōng ming líng lì | (idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted |
| 伶仃 | líng dīng | alone and helpless |
| 孤苦伶仃 | gū kǔ líng dīng | solitary and impoverished (idiom) |
| 伶牙俐齿 (伶牙俐齒) | líng yá lì chǐ | clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent; having the gift of the gab |
| 优伶 (優伶) | yōu líng | (old) performing artist; actor |
| 伶人 | líng rén | (old) actor; actress |
| 口齿伶俐 (口齒伶俐) | kǒu chǐ líng lì | eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence; the gift of the gab |
| 机伶 (機伶) | jī ling | variant of 机灵 (jī ling) |
| 伶俜 | líng pīng | (literary) lonely; all alone; solitary |
| 伶盗龙 (伶盜龍) | líng dào lóng | velociraptor (dinosaur) |
English words written with 伶
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