凌 (líng): to approach, to rise high, thick ice
凌 (líng) is a Chinese character meaning “to approach.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 冫 (semantic) and 夌 (phonetic). It ranks #1715 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 凌 ice. Its radical form 冫 (ice) appears in many related characters such as 冷 (lěng, cold), 净 (jìng, clean), 准 (zhǔn, to allow).
Definitions
- to approach
- to rise high
- thick ice
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 凌
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凌驾verb | líng jià | to be above |
| 欺凌verb | qī líng | to bully and humiliate |
| 凌乱adjective | líng luàn | messy |
| 凌辱verb | líng rǔ | to insult |
| 恃强凌弱phrase | shì qiáng líng ruò | see 恃強欺弱|恃强欺弱 |
| 凌云verb | líng yún | (lit. and fig.) towering |
| 盛气凌人phrase | shèng qì líng rén | overbearing |
| 凌空verb | líng kōng | be high up in the sky |
| 凌厉adjective | líng lì | swift and fierce |
| 凌迟noun | líng chí | the lingering death |
| 凌志 | líng zhì | Lexus, luxury vehicle brand of Toyota Motor Corporation |
| 气势凌人 | qì shì líng rén | arrogant and overbearing |
| 王心凌 | wáng xīn líng | stage name of Cyndi Wang |
| 以强凌弱 | yǐ qiáng líng ruò | to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom) |
| 凌海市 | líng hǎi shì | Linghai, a county-level city in Jinzhou City 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning |
凌 appears in 38 compound words: 68 as the first character, 16 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 凌 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
凌字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
líng zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character "凌" is written is quite unique and has left a deep impression on me.
...中国〉春节商机!电话接不完 美甲师加班到凌晨三点
. . . zhōng guó chūn jié shāng jī ! diàn huà jiē bù wán měi jiǎ shī jiā bān dào líng chén sān diǎn
... China's Spring Festival business opportunities! The phone can't be answered, and the nail technician works overtime until three o'clock in the morning
(米兰冬奥会)综合消息:谷爱凌U型场地技巧卫冕 美国摘赛会最后一金
( mǐ lán dōng ào huì ) zèng gě xiāo xī : gǔ ài líng U xíng chǎng dì jì qiǎo wèi 冕 měi guó zhāi sài huì zuì hòu yī jīn
(Milan Winter Olympics) Comprehensive news: Gu Ailing defended her U-shaped track skills and won the last gold medal of the United States
(米兰冬奥会)谷爱凌、李方慧摘得自由式滑雪女子U池金、银牌
( mǐ lán dōng ào huì ) gǔ ài líng , lǐ fāng huì zhāi dé zì yóu shì huá xuě nǚ zǐ U chí jīn , yín pái
(Milan Winter Olympics) Gu Ailing and Li Fanghui won gold and silver medals in the women's U pool in freestyle skiing
凌晨2:34 新北坪林区规模4.0地震 最...
líng chén 2 : 3 4 xīn běi píng lín qū guī mó 4 . 0 dì zhèn zuì . . .
At 2:34 a.m., the magnitude 4.0 earthquake in Pinglin District, New Taipei City was the most...
快讯/马来西亚沙巴凌晨发生7.1强震
kuài xùn mǎ lái xī yà shā bā líng chén fā shēng 7 . 1 qiáng zhèn
News/A 7.1 earthquake struck Sabah, Malaysia in the early morning
我必须停止吃那么甜的冰激凌。
Wǒ bìxū tíngzhǐ chī nàme tián de bīngjīlíng.
I've got to stop eating such sweet ice cream.
我们聊到凌晨两点。
Wǒmen liáo dào língchén liǎng diǎn.
We talked until two in the morning.
我喜欢吃巧克力味的冰激凌。
Wǒ xǐhuan chī qiǎokèlì wèi de bīngjīlíng.
I like to eat chocolate flavored ice cream.
凶杀案于凌晨三到五点间发生。
Xiōngshā'àn yú língchén sān dào wǔ diǎn jiān fāshēng.
The murder happened between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 冫 (ice) component
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