léng jiǎo

Traditional: 稜角

HSK 7–9

棱角 (léng jiǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “edge and corner; protrusion; sharpness (of a protrusion)”.

Meanings

  1. 1edge and corner
  2. 2protrusion
  3. 3sharpness (of a protrusion)
  4. 4craggy
  5. 5ridge corner
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 棱角

棱lēng · used in 刺棱[ci1 leng1]角jiǎo · angle

Related words

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