Chinese edit

 
solitary; lonely; actor
solitary; lonely; actor; clever
trad. (伶仃)
simp. #(伶仃)
alternative forms 零丁
伶丁
 
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Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (5)
Final () (125) (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter leng teng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leŋ/ /teŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/leŋ/ /teŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛŋ/ /tɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛjŋ/ /tɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/leŋ/ /teŋ/
Wang
Li
/lieŋ/ /tieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieŋ/ /tieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng dīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4 ding1

Adjective edit

伶仃

  1. lonely; lonesome; solitary; alone and helpless
  2. emaciated; scrawny; skin and bones

Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

伶仃

  1. (~洋) Lingdingyang (bay near the estuary of the Pearl River in China)
  2. Nei Lingding Island (island in the Pearl River estuary)
  3. Wai Lingding Island (island in Guangdong's Wanshan Archipelago)