伶俜

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Chinese

solitary; lonely; actor
solitary; lonely; actor; clever
 
forlorn
trad. (伶俜)
simp. #(伶俜)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (37) (2)
Final () (125) (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter leng pheng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leŋ/ /pʰeŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/leŋ/ /pʰeŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛŋ/ /pʰɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛjŋ/ /pʰɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/leŋ/ /pʰeŋ/
Wang
Li
/lieŋ/ /pʰieŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lieŋ/ /pʰieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng pīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4 ping1

Adjective

伶俜

  1. (literary, ideophonic) lonely; solitary; alone
  2. (literary, ideophonic) drifting; wandering; roaming