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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
零 líng	零 \| 零* \| *零	zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither	HSK 1


〇 líng	〇 \| 〇* \| *〇	zero	HSK 1


領 lǐng	領 \| 領* \| *領	neck / collar / to lead / to receive / classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc	领 HSK 3


鈴 líng	鈴 \| 鈴* \| *鈴	(small) bell / CL: 隻｜只	铃 HSK 5


令 lìng	令 \| 令* \| *令	to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem	HSK 5


另 lìng	另 \| 另* \| *另	other / another / separate / separately	HSK 6


靈 líng	靈 \| 靈* \| *靈	quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin	灵 HSK 7-9


鴒 líng	鴒 \| 鴒* \| *鴒	used in 鶺鴒｜鹡鸰	鸰


凌 Líng	凌 \| 凌* \| *凌	surname Ling


凌 líng	凌 \| 凌* \| *凌	to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat


齡 líng	齡 \| 齡* \| *齡	age / length of experience, membership etc	龄


菱 líng	菱 \| 菱* \| *菱	(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)


嶺 lǐng	嶺 \| 嶺* \| *嶺	mountain range / mountain ridge	岭


泠 Líng	泠 \| 泠* \| *泠	surname Ling


泠 líng	泠 \| 泠* \| *泠	sound of water flowing


令 líng	令 \| 令* \| *令	used in 脊令 / used in 令狐 (Taiwan pr. [ling4])


令 lǐng	令 \| 令* \| *令	classifier for a ream of paper


苓 líng	苓 \| 苓* \| *苓	fungus / tuber


玲 líng	玲 \| 玲* \| *玲	(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏｜玲珑) / tinkling of gem-pendants


陵 líng	陵 \| 陵* \| *陵	mound / tomb / hill / mountain


翎 líng	翎 \| 翎* \| *翎	tail feathers / plume


欞 líng	欞 \| 欞* \| *欞	variant of 櫺｜棂	棂


鯪 líng	鯪 \| 鯪* \| *鯪	mud carp (Cirrhina molitorella)	鲮


綾 líng	綾 \| 綾* \| *綾	damask / thin silk	绫


伶 líng	伶 \| 伶* \| *伶	(old) actor; actress / (meaningless bound form)


羚 líng	羚 \| 羚* \| *羚	antelope


稜 líng	稜 \| 稜* \| *稜	used in 穆稜｜穆棱	棱


○ líng	○ \| ○* \| *○	character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) / variant of 〇


坽 líng	坽 \| 坽* \| *坽	(literary) precipitous cliff / (used in place names)


聆 líng	聆 \| 聆* \| *聆	(literary) to hear; to listen


軨 líng	軨 \| 軨* \| *軨	lattice work on front and sides


呤 líng	呤 \| 呤* \| *呤	used in 呤呤


呤 lìng	呤 \| 呤* \| *呤	used in 嘌呤 / Taiwan pr. [ling2]


漢靈帝 Hàn Líng Dì	漢靈帝 \| 漢靈帝* \| *漢靈帝	Emperor Ling of Han (156-189), reigned from 168 to 189	汉灵帝


笭 líng	笭 \| 笭* \| *笭	bamboo screen


淩 líng	淩 \| 淩* \| *淩	variant of 凌


夌 líng	夌 \| 夌* \| *夌	to dawdle / the name of the father of the Emperor Yao


蛉 líng	蛉 \| 蛉* \| *蛉	sandfly


霝 líng	霝 \| 霝* \| *霝	drops of rain / to fall in drops


堎 líng	堎 \| 堎* \| *堎	mound / tomb


昤 līng	昤 \| 昤* \| *昤	sunshine


茯苓 fúlíng	茯苓 \| 茯苓* \| *茯苓	Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus); fu ling; tuckahoe


櫺 líng	櫺 \| 櫺* \| *櫺	(bound form) a (window) lattice; latticework	棂


酃縣 Língxiàn	酃縣 \| 酃縣* \| *酃縣	Ling county in Hunan	酃县


蕶 líng	蕶 \| 蕶* \| *蕶	withered (plant, herb etc)


柃 líng	柃 \| 柃* \| *柃	Eurya japonica


醽 líng	醽 \| 醽* \| *醽	name of a wine


岭 líng	岭 \| 岭* \| *岭	used in 岭巆｜岭𫶕


舲 líng	舲 \| 舲* \| *舲	small boat with windows


詅 líng	詅 \| 詅* \| *詅	to sell


囹 líng	囹 \| 囹* \| *囹	used in 囹圄


姈 líng	姈 \| 姈* \| *姈	(literary) (of a woman) intelligent / (used mostly in female names)


酃 líng	酃 \| 酃* \| *酃	name of a district in Hunan


瓴 líng	瓴 \| 瓴* \| *瓴	concave channels of tiling


龗 líng	龗 \| 龗* \| *龗	dragon


蔆 líng	蔆 \| 蔆* \| *蔆	variant of 菱	菱


霛 líng	霛 \| 霛* \| *霛	old variant of 靈｜灵


霊 líng	霊 \| 霊* \| *霊	Japanese variant of 靈｜灵


齢 líng	齢 \| 齢* \| *齢	Japanese variant of 齡｜龄


李陵 Lǐ Líng	李陵 \| 李陵* \| *李陵	Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal


鄭裕玲 Zhèng Yùlíng	鄭裕玲 \| 鄭裕玲* \| *鄭裕玲	Carol "Dodo" Cheng Yu-Ling (1957-), Hong Kong actress and TV host	郑裕玲


林志玲 Lín Zhìlíng	林志玲 \| 林志玲* \| *林志玲	Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress


五苓散 wǔlíngsǎn	五苓散 \| 五苓散* \| *五苓散	wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM) / poria five powder / Hoelen five powder / five ling powder


丁玲 Dīng Líng	丁玲 \| 丁玲* \| *丁玲	Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上｜太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party


初刻拍案驚奇 Chūkè Pāi'àn Jīngqí	初刻…驚奇 \| 初刻…驚奇* \| *初刻…驚奇	Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初｜凌蒙初	初刻拍案惊奇


玎玲 dīnglíng	玎玲 \| 玎玲* \| *玎玲	(onom.) ding-a-ling / clink of jewels


宋美齡 Sòng Měilíng	宋美齡 \| 宋美齡* \| *宋美齡	Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife	宋美龄


丁零噹啷 dīngling - dānglāng	丁零噹啷 \| 丁零噹啷* \| *丁零噹啷	(onom.) sound of a bell: ding-a-ling	丁零当啷


二刻拍案驚奇 Èrkè Pāi'àn Jīngqí	二刻…驚奇 \| 二刻…驚奇* \| *二刻…驚奇	Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初｜凌蒙初	二刻拍案惊奇


凌志美 Líng Zhìměi	凌志美 \| 凌志美* \| *凌志美	Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009


凌濛初 Líng Méngchū	凌濛初 \| 凌濛初* \| *凌濛初	Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist	凌蒙初


四出文錢 sìchūwénqián	四出文錢 \| 四出文錢* \| *四出文錢	coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝｜汉灵帝, with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)	四出文钱


太陽照在桑乾河上 Tàiyáng Zhào Zài Sānggān Hé Shàng	太陽…河上 \| 太陽…河上* \| *太陽…河上	The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize	太阳照在桑干河上


藺相如 Lìn Xiāngrú	藺相如 \| 藺相如* \| *藺相如	Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國｜赵国	蔺相如


非音 fēiyīn	非音 \| 非音* \| *非音	(ling) unstressed (syllable)

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