玲

(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑) / tinkling of gem-pendants

used in 脊令[ji2 ling2] / used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])

classifier for a ream of paper

to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem

king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great

to rule / to reign over

(onom.) clink of jewels / exquisite / detailed and fine / clever / nimble

be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)

(onom.) tinkling (e.g. of jewels)

dainty and delicate / exquisite

violin (loanword)

(onom.) ding-a-ling / clink of jewels

exquisitely made / very clever

Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party

Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist

Adeline (name)

Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress