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líng

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líng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
líng | ling2
English translation
age
length of experience, membership etc
age; years

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About líng

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

líng

Contains the radical

齿 chǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

age

Etymology of líng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

齿令

Semantic compound

齿 chǐ

Phonetic compound

Líng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 齿 chǐ represents the meaning and Líng represents the sound. Simplified form of líng .

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Example sentences using líng

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认为 rènwéi de 年龄 niánlíng 已经 yǐjīng gòu le .

I reckon that he is old enough.

愈来愈 yù lái yù shēn de 分歧 fēnqí 使 shǐ 不同 bù tóng de 年龄 niánlíng qún 互相 hùxiāng 分离 fēn lí .

Increasingly deep cleavages separate one age group from another.

zài 网球赛 wǎng qiú sài Zhōng , jìng bèi wèi 70高龄 gāo líng de 老人 lǎo rén 击败 jī bài , qǐng 想像 xiǎng xiàng 一下 yīxià 当时 dāngshí de 惊愕 jīng è 状态 zhuàngtài .

Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis.

cāi de 年龄 niánlíng zài 55 suì 左右 zuǒyòu .

I put her age at

大多数 dà duō shù 孩子 háizi dào le 上学 shàng xué de 年龄 niánlíng jiù 学会 xué huì 鞋带 xié dài le .

Most children learn to lace up their shoes by the time they are old enough to start school.

Words with líng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
年龄 niánlíng (a person's) age年齡
保龄球 bǎo líng qiú bowling ball保齡球
líng age líng
高龄 gāo líng elderly高齡
同龄 tóng líng of the same age同齡
同龄人 tóng líng rén peer同齡人
适龄 shì líng of age適齡
老龄化 lǎo líng huà aging (population)老齡化
老龄 lǎo líng old age老齡
工龄 gōng líng seniority工齡
宋庆龄 Sòng Qìng líng Song Qingling or Rosemonde Soong (1893-1981), wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山 Sūn Zhōng shān [Sūn​Zhōng​shān]宋慶齡
妙龄 miào líng (of a girl) in the prime of youth妙齡
学龄 xué líng school age學齡
宋美龄 Sòng Měi líng Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife宋美齡
大龄 dà líng older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc)大齡
超龄 chāo líng too old超齡
婚龄 hūn líng marriageable age婚齡
芳龄 fāng líng age (of a young woman)芳齡
育龄 yù líng childbearing age育齡
蒲松龄 Pú Sōng líng Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異|聊斋志异 Liáo zhāi Zhì yì [Liáo​zhāi​Zhì​yì]蒲松齡
党龄 dǎng líng party standing黨齡

líng Decomposition & Compounds

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líng Decomposition

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