玲瓏

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See also: 玲珑

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (玲瓏)
simp. (玲珑)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (125) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV I
Fanqie
Baxter leng luwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leŋ/ /luŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/leŋ/ /luŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛŋ/ /luŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛjŋ/ /ləwŋ/
Li
Rong
/leŋ/ /luŋ/
Wang
Li
/lieŋ/ /luŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieŋ/ /luŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng lóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4 lung4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8300 8423
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːŋ/ /*roːŋ/

Adjective

玲瓏

  1. (literary, onomatopoeia) Describing a pleasantly crisp or clear sound, for example of jade.
  2. (literary, ideophonic) brightly clear; bright and shining; crystalline
  3. (ideophonic, of an implement) exquisite; fine; well-made
  4. (ideophonic, of a person, usually a woman) clever; nimble

Derived terms

Proper noun

玲瓏

  1. () Linglong (a town in Zhaoyuan, Yantai, Shandong, China)
  2. () Lenggong (a town in Hulu Perak district, Perak, Malaysia)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
れい
Jinmeiyō
ろう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Adjective

(れい)(ろう) (reirō-tari (adnominal (れい)(ろう)とした (reirō to shita) or (れい)(ろう)たる (reirō taru), adverbial (れい)(ろう) (reirō to) or (れい)(ろう)として (reirō to shite))

  1. (literary) clear; transluscent (as jade)
  2. (literary) brilliantly resonant sounding (as jade)

Derived terms