Usage of the character 凌

to approach
to rise high
thick ice
to insult or maltreat

Líng

凌

[凌]

surname Ling

língjià

凌驾

[凌駕]

to be above
to place above

língluàn

凌乱

[凌亂]

messy; disarrayed; disheveled

língkōng

凌空

[凌空]

be high up in the sky

bàlíng

霸凌

[霸凌]

bullying (loanword)

línglì

凌厉

[凌厲]

swift and fierce
fierce
forceful

língchén

凌晨

[凌晨]

very early in the morning
in the wee hours

língjīng

凌兢

[凌兢]

(literary) icy cold
(literary) to shiver; to tremble

língnüè

凌虐

[淩虐]

to maltreat
to tyrannize

Línghé

凌河

[凌河]

Linghe district of Jinzhou city 錦州市／锦州市, Liaoning

língchí

凌迟

[凌遲]

the lingering death
the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)

língrǔ

凌辱

[凌辱]

to insult
to humiliate
to bully

Línghǎi

凌海

[凌海]

Linghai, county-level city in Jinzhou 錦州／锦州, Liaoning

Língzhì

凌志

[凌志]

Lexus

língxùn

凌汛

[凌汛]

ice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream)

qīlíng

欺凌

[欺凌]

to bully and humiliate

Língyuán

凌源

[凌源]

Lingyuan, county-level city in Chaoyang 朝陽／朝阳 ( Cháoyáng), Liaoning

língzá

凌杂

[凌雜]

in disorder

bīnglíng

冰凌

[冰凌]

icicle

língyí

凌夷

[凌夷]

to deteriorate
to decline
to slump
also written 陵夷

Língyún

凌云

[凌雲]

Lingyun county in Baise 百色 ( Bǎisè), Guangxi

língyún

凌云

[凌雲]

(lit. and fig.) towering; lofty; high

língxiāohuā

凌霄花

[凌霄花]

Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)

Líng Zhìměi

凌志美

[凌志美]

Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009

Líng Méngchū

凌蒙初

[凌濛初]

Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist

Wáng Xīnlíng

王心凌

[王心凌]

stage name of Cyndi Wang
see 王君如 ( Wáng Jūnrú)

Yīngfēilíng

英飞凌

[英飛凌]

Infineon (electronics company)

bīngjīlíng

冰激凌

[冰激凌]

ice cream

Línghéqū

凌河区

[凌河區]

Linghe district of Jinzhou city 錦州市／锦州市, Liaoning

Líng Méngchū

凌蒙初

[凌蒙初]

Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist

Línghǎishì

凌海市

[凌海市]

Linghai, county-level city in Jinzhou 錦州／锦州, Liaoning

Língyuánshì

凌源市

[凌源市]

Lingyuan, county-level city in Chaoyang 朝陽／朝阳 ( Cháoyáng), Liaoning

língbōwǔ

凌波舞

[凌波舞]

limbo (dance) (loanword)

Língyúnxiàn

凌云县

[凌雲縣]

Lingyun county in Baise 百色 ( Bǎisè), Guangxi

shèngqìlíngrén

盛气凌人

[盛氣凌人]

overbearing
arrogant bully

wéiqiánglíngruò

违强凌弱

[違強凌弱]

to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully
also written 違強陵弱／违强陵弱

qìshìlíngrén

气势凌人

[氣勢凌人]

arrogant and overbearing

língluànbùkān

凌乱不堪

[凌亂不堪]

in a terrible mess (idiom)

yǐqiánglíngruò

以强凌弱

[以強凌弱]

to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)

shìqiánglíngruò

恃强凌弱

[恃強凌弱]

see 恃強欺弱／恃强欺弱 (shìqiángqīruò)

língzámǐyán

凌杂米盐

[凌雜米鹽]

disordered and fragmentary