Usage of the character 伶
líng
伶
[伶]
- (old) actor; actress
- (meaningless bound form)
mínglíng
名伶
[名伶]
- famous actor or actress (Chinese opera)
jīling
机伶
[機伶]
- variant of 機靈／机灵 (jīling)
língrén
伶人
[伶人]
- (old) actor; actress
língpīng
伶俜
[伶俜]
- (literary) lonely; all alone; solitary
língyòu
伶鼬
[伶鼬]
- weasel
- Mustela nivalis (zoology)
línglì
伶俐
[伶俐]
- clever; witty; intelligent
língdīng
伶仃
[伶仃]
- alone and helpless
yōulíng
优伶
[優伶]
- (old) performing artist
- actor
- actress
shòulíngdīng
瘦伶仃
[瘦伶仃]
- emaciated; scrawny
língdàolóng
伶盗龙
[伶盜龍]
- velociraptor (dinosaur)
língyálìchǐ
伶牙俐齿
[伶牙俐齒]
- clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent
- having the gift of the gab
shòugǔlíngdīng
瘦骨伶仃
[瘦骨伶仃]
- (idiom) emaciated; scrawny
gūkǔlíngdīng
孤苦伶仃
[孤苦伶仃]
- solitary and impoverished (idiom)
kǒuchǐlínglì
口齿伶俐
[口齒伶俐]
- eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence
- the gift of the gab
cōngminglínglì
聪明伶俐
[聰明伶俐]
- bright; clever; quick-witted