líng lóng

Traditional: 玲瓏

玲珑 (líng lóng) is a Chinese word meaning “(onom.) clink of jewels; exquisite; detailed and fine”.

Meanings

  1. 1(onom.) clink of jewels
  2. 2exquisite
  3. 3detailed and fine
  4. 4clever
  5. 5nimble

Characters in 玲珑

玲líng · (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑)珑lóng · tinkling of gem-pendants

Related words

玲(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑)美玲Meiling (female name)八面玲珑be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)玲玲(onom.) tinkling (e.g. of jewels)小巧玲珑(idiom) dainty; delicate; exquisite梵婀玲(loanword) (archaic) violin玎玲(onom.) ding-a-ling玲珑剔透exquisitely made丁玲Ding Ling (1904–1986), Chinese novelist, author of the novel "The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River" 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上[Tai4 yang2 Zhao4 zai4 Sang1 gan1 He2 shang4], persecuted in the 1950s as "anti-Party"张爱玲Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist林志玲Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress爱德玲Adeline (name)

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