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léng

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léng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
léng | leng2
English translation
squared timber; angle, corner, edge

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About léng

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

léng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of léng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木夌

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

líng

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Example sentences using léng

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棱镜 léng jìng guāng 分解 fēnjiě Chéng hóng de 各种 gè zhǒng 色彩 sècǎi .

The prism broke the light into all the colors of the rainbow.

Jué 棱镜 léng jìng shì yóu 3互相 hùxiāng 垂直 chuízhí de 反射 fǎnshè 平面 píngmiàn 组成 zǔchéng .

A corner cube consists of three mutually perpendicular reflecting planes.

māo 刺棱一下 yīxià páo le .

The cat scampered away.

shì shòu léng léng ,脸色 liǎn sè 发灰 de rén , huó xiàng méi 吃饱 chī bǎo fàn , 外表 wàibiǎo zǒng shì 非常 fēicháng 邋遢 lā ta .

He's a scrawny, greyfaced man, who looks half - starved, and he's always very slovenly in appearance.

guāng 通过 tōngguò 棱镜 léng jìng shí 产生 chǎnshēng 折射 zhé shè

Light is refracted when passed through a prism.

Words with léng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
léng corner léng
棱角 léng jiǎo protrusion稜角
模棱两可 mó léng liǎng kě equivocal模稜兩可
棱镜 léng jìng prism稜鏡
有棱有角 yǒu léng yǒu jiǎo (of a shape) sharp and clearcut有稜有角
三棱镜 sān léng jìng (triangular) prism三稜鏡
棱柱 léng zhù prism稜柱
扑棱 pū lēng (onom.) fluttering or flapping of wings撲稜
棱锥 léng zhuī pyramid (geometry)稜錐
穆棱市 Mù líng shì Muling county level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江 Mǔ dan jiāng , Heilongjiang穆稜市
绥棱县 Suí léng xiàn Suileng county in Suihua 綏化|绥化 Suí huà , Heilongjiang綏稜縣
穆棱 Mù líng Muling county level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江 Mǔ dan jiāng , Heilongjiang穆稜
绥棱 Suí léng Suileng county in Suihua 綏化|绥化 Suí huà , Heilongjiang綏稜
模棱 mó léng ambiguous模稜
丹棱县 Dān léng Xiàn Danleng County in Meishan 眉山市 Méi shān Shì [Méi​shān​Shì], Sichuan丹稜縣
棱台 léng tái prism稜臺
丹棱 Dān léng Danleng County in Meishan 眉山市 Méi shān Shì [Méi​shān​Shì], Sichuan丹稜

léng Decomposition & Compounds

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