Pinyin "ling2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "ling2" is split up into two parts: "li" and "(e)ng2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "li"

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)ng2"

In the engine's kitchen.

Characters pronounced ling2

used in 脊令[ji2 ling2] / used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither

= + : Just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) it is raining (雨) heavily. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to flee the rain and to enter engine, but she has no pocket money (零钱) anymore. Instead, she shows her very special name tag (令) in the hope of being let in, but unfortunately it is not recognized.
age / length of experience, membership etc

= + 齿 : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to enter engine, but in the kitchen ((e)ng2) she has to undergo a check first. An old codger with an imperial name tag (令) is entitled to check her teeth (齿) in order to now Qingzhao's age (龄).
(small) bell / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) is living next to engine, and her neighbors installed some very annoying little bells (铃) next to their entrance ((e)ng2). As a consequence she got an official decree by the emperor and a Ling Pai (令) that allows her to have them remove the bells, but as she visits the engine home no-one is there. Short-tempered she just uses her golden harpoon (钅) to take off the little annoying bells (铃).
quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin

= + : engine's entrance is on fire! Li Qingzhao is trapped and has to escape, but there's lots of flames and smoke everywhere. Luckily she has a pig's snout which she can use as gas mask. The pig's snout is very effective, and quickly Li Qingzhao jumps over the flames and escapes through engine's entrance.
to dawdle / the name of the father of the Emperor Yao

= + + : Li Qingzhao (li) and the father of emperor Yao (夌) are racing through engine's entrance ((e)ng2). During their race they have to wear high heels (夂) and walk over mud (土) and eight-balls (八).
mound / tomb / hill / mountain

= + : Li Qingzhao (li), the father of emperor Yao (夌) and the pope (阝) are in a competition over who will have the largest tomb (陵) mound (陵). They are all busy heaping up hills (陵) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2).
used only in 岭巆|岭𫶕[ling2 ying2]
surname Ling

= + : The father of emperor Yao (夌) is approaching (凌) Li Qingzhao (li) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). As he arrives he asks for ice cream (冰激凌), and Li Qingzhao produces a popsicle (冫) from the freezer. As she takes out the popsicle she notices thick ice (凌) has built up in the freezer.
to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat

= + : The father of emperor Yao (夌) is approaching (凌) Li Qingzhao (li) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). As he arrives he asks for ice cream (冰激凌), and Li Qingzhao produces a popsicle (冫) from the freezer. As she takes out the popsicle she notices thick ice (凌) has built up in the freezer.
drops of rain / to fall in drops
(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑) / tinkling of gem-pendants

= + : As Li Qingzhao (li) is exiting engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) she is stopped by Martin Luther King (王) who noticed a strange ting-a-ling sound (玲) from Qingzhao's backpack. Qingzhao denies him to have a look in her backpack, but as Martin shows her his Ling Pai (令) she will have no choice but to comply.
water caltrop (Trapa species)
variant of 菱[ling2]
damask / thin silk
antelope