岭 (lǐng): mountain range, mountain ridge
岭 (lǐng) is a Chinese character meaning “mountain range.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 山 (semantic) and 令 (phonetic). It ranks #2163 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 岭 mountain. Its radical form 山 (mountain) appears in many related characters such as 山 (shān, mountain), 岁 (suì, years old), 岸 (àn, bank).
Definitions
- mountain range
- mountain ridge
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翻山越岭 | fān shān yuè lǐng | lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom) |
| 分水岭 | fēn shuǐ lǐng | dividing range |
| 山岭 | shān lǐng | mountain ridge |
| 松岭 | sōng lǐng | see 松嶺區|松岭区[Song1 ling3 Qu1] |
| 荒山野岭 | huāng shān yě lǐng | wild, mountainous country |
| 崇山峻岭 | chóng shān jùn lǐng | towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom) |
| 果岭 | guǒ lǐng | green (golf) (loanword) |
| 高岭土 | gāo lǐng tǔ | kaolin (clay) |
| 大吉岭 | dà jí lǐng | Darjeeling, town in India |
| 峻岭 | jùn lǐng | lofty mountain range |
| 大兴安岭地区 | dà xīng ān lǐng dì qū | Daxing'anling, prefecture in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3] |
| 大分界岭 | dà fēn jiè lǐng | Great Dividing Range, mountain range along the east coast of Australia |
| 公主岭市 | gōng zhǔ lǐng shì | Gongzhuling, a county-level city in Siping City 四平市[Si4 ping2 Shi4], Jilin |
| 大兴安岭 | dà xīng ān lǐng | see 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区[Da4 xing1 an1 ling3 Di4 qu1] |
| 大兴安岭山脉 | dà xīng ān lǐng shān mài | Daxing'anling mountain range in northwest Heilongjiang province |
岭 appears in 62 compound words: 6 as the first character, 58 as the last, and 35 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 岭 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 岭.
Example Sentences
了解岭字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè líng zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character "Ling" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
粉岭专用安置屋邨100个单位预留予宏福苑居民...
fěn lǐng zhuān yòng ān zhì wū 邨 1 0 0 gè dān wèi yù liú yú hóng fú 苑 jū mín . . .
100 units in the Fanling Dedicated Resettlement Estate have been reserved for residents of Hung Fuk Court...
粉岭高球场周四起一连四日举行赛事 球场一带将...
fěn lǐng gāo qiú chǎng zhōu sì qǐ yī lián sì rì jǔ háng sài shì qiú chǎng yī dài jiāng . . .
Fanling Golf Course will be held for four consecutive days from Thursday The area around the course will...
...”?矢板明夫:观光流向只是表象 真正分水岭在制度选择
. . . ? shǐ bǎn míng fū : guàn guāng liú xiàng zhī shì biǎo xiàng zhēn zhèng fēn shuǐ lǐng zài zhì dù xuǎn zé
Akio Yaita: The real watershed is the choice of system
八大财政储蓄1515亿元 岭大最少仅37亿元
bā dà cái zhèng chǔ xù 1 5 1 5 yì yuán lǐng dà zuì shǎo jǐn 3 7 yì yuán
The eight major fiscal savings are 151.5 billion yuan, and Lingnan University has at least only 3.7 billion yuan
Character Family
山 Radical Family — Characters sharing the mountain radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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