另 (lìng): other, another
另 (lìng) is a Chinese character meaning “other, another.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (structural) and 力 (structural). It ranks #489 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- other, another
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 另
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 另一方面 | lìng yī fāng miàn | on the other hand |
| 另当别论 | lìng dāng bié lùn | to treat differently |
| 另行 | lìng xíng | (to do sth) separately |
| 另起炉灶 | lìng qǐ lú zào | lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom) |
| 另行通知 | lìng xíng tōng zhī | to notify at a different time |
| 另有 | lìng yǒu | to have some other (reason etc) |
| 另一 | lìng yī | another |
| 另眼相看 | lìng yǎn xiāng kàn | to treat sb favorably |
| 另用 | lìng yòng | diversion |
| 另开 | lìng kāi | to break up |
| 另请高明 | lìng qǐng gāo míng | please find sb better qualified than me (idiom) |
| 另见 | lìng jiàn | cf. |
| 另存为 | lìng cún wéi | Save As ... (menu option in a software application) |
| 另加 | lìng jiā | to add to |
| 另一半 | lìng yī bàn | other half |
另 appears in 27 compound words: 96 as the first character, 4 as the last, and 0 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 另 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
这个方案行不通，我们需要另外想办法解决这个问题。
Zhè gè fāng'àn xíng bù tōng, wǒmen xūyào lìngwài xiǎng bànfǎ jiějué zhè gè wèntí.
This plan won't work; we need to find another way to solve this problem.
冯允谦返加国见另一半无被催婚 未收到陈柏宇邀请做嘉宾
píng yǔn qiān fǎn jiā guó jiàn lìng yī bàn wú bèi cuī hūn wèi shōu dào chén bǎi yǔ yāo qǐng zuò jiā bīn
Feng Yunqian returned to Canada to see that his other half was not urged to get married, and did not receive Chen Baiyu's invitation as a guest
旅行业盼修法 学者吁另设公司
lǚ háng yè pàn xiū fǎ xué zhě xū lìng shè gōng sī
The travel industry hopes to amend the law, and scholars call for another company
...向全球加征关税至15% 回应最高院判决 另引例实施150日
. . . xiàng quán qiú jiā zhēng guān shuì zhì 1 5 huí yīng zuì gāo yuàn pàn jué lìng yǐn lì shí shī 1 5 0 rì
... Impose tariffs on the world to 15% in response to the Supreme Court's judgment and implement it for 150 days
把年味种在“商城之心”,在商博遇见另一种团圆
bǎ nián wèi zhǒng zài shāng chéng zhī xīn , zài shāng bó yù jiàn lìng yī zhǒng tuán yuán
Plant the flavor of the New Year in the "heart of the mall" and meet another reunion at the Business Expo
春晚的另一场“巷战”:AI挤进春节档,不止为了发...
chūn wǎn de lìng yī chǎng xiàng zhàn jǐ jìn chūn jié dǎng , bù zhǐ wéi le fā . . .
Spring Festival Gala's Another "Alley War": AI Crowds Into Spring Festival Stalls, Not Just For...
你能推荐另一家旅馆吗？
Nǐ néng tuījiàn lìngyī jiā lǚguǎn ma?
Could you recommend another hotel?
很抱歉，我还有另一个约会。
Hěn bàoqiàn, wǒ háiyǒu lìng yī gè yuēhuì.
I'm sorry. I have another appointment.
约翰离开了公司，另起炉灶。
Yuēhàn líkāi le gōngsī, lìngqǐlúzào.
John turned his back on the company and started on his own.
一个人的恐怖分子为另人的自由战士。
Yīgèrén de kǒngbùfènzǐ wèi lìng rén de zìyóu zhànshì.
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
Character Family
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