铃 (líng): bell
铃 (líng) is a Chinese character meaning “bell.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 钅 (semantic) and 令 (phonetic). It ranks #1942 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 铃 bell. Its radical form 钅 (metal) appears in many related characters such as 钱 (qián, money), 错 (cuò, wrong, mistake), 钟 (zhōng, clock, bell).
Definitions
- bell
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铃声 | líng shēng | ring |
| 门铃 | mén líng | doorbell |
| 马铃薯 | mǎ líng shǔ | potato |
| 铃铛 | líng dang | little bell |
| 警铃 | jǐng líng | alarm bell |
| 铃木 | líng mù | Suzuki (Japanese surname) |
| 风铃 | fēng líng | wind chimes |
| 哑铃 | yǎ líng | dumbbell (weight) |
| 杠铃 | gàng líng | barbell |
| 掩耳盗铃 | yǎn ěr dào líng | lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell |
| 电铃 | diàn líng | electric bell |
| 车铃 | chē líng | bicycle bell |
| 电话铃声 | diàn huà líng shēng | (telephone) ring |
| 解铃还需系铃人 | jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén | variant of 解鈴還須繫鈴人|解铃还须系铃人[jie3 ling2 hai2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2] |
| 来电答铃 | lái diàn dá líng | (Tw) ringback tone (heard by the originator of a telephone call) |
铃 appears in 40 compound words: 13 as the first character, 53 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 铃 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
上课铃响了，同学们都回到教室准备上课。
Shàngkè líng xiǎng le, tóngxuémen dōu huí dào jiàoshì zhǔnbèi shàngkè.
The class bell rang; students all returned to the classroom to prepare for class.
14岁少年健身遭190公斤杠铃重击 胸口瞬间凹陷
1 4 suì shǎo nián jiàn shēn zāo 1 9 0 gōng jīn gàng líng chóng jī xiōng kǒu shùn jiān āo xiàn
The 14-year-old boy was hit hard by a 190-kilogram barbell and his chest was instantly sunken
AV女优塔乃花铃突传引退 作品全面下架 或因“他们”得悉...
A V nǚ yōu tǎ nǎi huā líng tū chuán yǐn tuì zuò pǐn quán miàn xià jià huò yīn tā men dé xī . . .
AV actress Tano Hana Suzu suddenly retired, and her works were completely removed from the shelves or because "they" learned that...
金黄花海开唱嘉市潮风铃黄花疯音乐市集 下周周休八掌溪畔登场
jīn huáng huā hǎi kāi chàng jiā shì cháo fēng líng huáng huā fēng yīn lè shì jí xià zhōu zhōu xiū bā zhǎng xī pàn dēng chǎng
The golden sea of flowers sings Jiashi tide wind chimes and yellow flower crazy music market next week
嘉义中埔春嬉风铃闪耀八掌溪 20分钟迪士尼级烟火携手金曲...
jiā yì zhōng 埔 chūn xī fēng líng shǎn yào bā zhǎng xī fēn zhōng dí shì ní jí yān huǒ xié shǒu jīn qū . . .
Chiayi Zhongpu Spring Wind Chimes Shine in Bazhang Creek 20 minutes of Disney-level fireworks and golden songs...
春神来了!洋红风铃木盛开 台中赏花地图曝
chūn shén lái le ! yáng hóng fēng líng mù shèng kāi tái zhōng shǎng huā dì tú pù
The god of spring is coming! Magenta wind bells are in full bloom, and the Taichung flower viewing map is exposed
洋葱比马铃薯快熟。
Yángcōng bǐ mǎlíngshǔ kuài shú.
Onions cook more quickly than potatoes.
你最喜欢用什么方式煮马铃薯？
Nǐ zuì xǐhuan yòng shénme fāngshì zhǔ mǎlíngshǔ?
What's your favorite way to cook potatoes?
你没听到门铃响吗？
Nǐ méi tīngdào ménlíng xiǎng ma?
Didn't you hear the doorbell?
你听见有人按门铃了吗？
Nǐ tīngjiàn yǒurén àn ménlíng le ma?
Did you hear someone ring the doorbell?
Character Family
钅 Radical Family — Characters sharing the metal radical
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