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Keyword
meaningless bound form
  • clever
  • lonely
  • solitary
Frequency
#3732
Strokes
7
Readings
líng
Mnemonic
亻 (person) gives the meaning and 令 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
伶líng
(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
伶俐línglì
clever; witty; intelligent; deft; adroit
名伶mínglíng
famous actor or actress (Chinese opera)
聪明伶俐cōngminglínglì
(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
伶仃língdīng
alone and helpless
孤苦伶仃gūkǔlíngdīng
solitary and impoverished (idiom)
伶牙俐齿língyálìchǐ
clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent; having the gift of the gab
优伶yōulíng
(old) performing artist; actor; actress
伶人língrén
(old) actor; actress
口齿伶俐kǒuchǐlínglì
eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence; the gift of the gab