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

quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin
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used in 脊令[ji2 ling2] / used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
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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
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used only in 岭巆|岭𫶕[ling2 ying2]
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to dawdle / the name of the father of the Emperor Yao
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mound / tomb / hill / mountain
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to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat
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drops of rain / to fall in drops
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(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑) / tinkling of gem-pendants
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water caltrop (Trapa species)
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zero
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