伶仃

Chinese

		solitary; lonely; actor solitary; lonely; actor; clever
trad. (伶仃)		伶	仃
simp. #(伶仃)		伶	仃
alternative forms		零丁 伶丁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língdīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ ding¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língdīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língding
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-ting¹
    • Yale: líng-dīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingding
    • Palladius: линдин (lindin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ ding¹
    • Yale: lìhng dīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ ding¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ ding¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ tɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: leng teng

Rime
Character	伶	仃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	郎丁切	當經切
Baxter	leng	teng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leŋ/	/teŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/leŋ/	/teŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛŋ/	/tɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjŋ/	/tɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/leŋ/	/teŋ/
Wang Li	/lieŋ/	/tieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieŋ/	/tieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng	dīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4	ding1

Adjective

伶仃

1. lonely; lonesome; solitary; alone and helpless
2. emaciated; scrawny; skin and bones

Derived terms

• 伶仃孤苦
• 伶仃洋 (Língdīngyáng)
• 伶仃話 / 伶仃话
• 孤苦伶仃 (gūkǔlíngdīng)
• 瘦伶仃
• 瘦骨伶仃

 

Proper noun

伶仃

1. (～洋) Lingdingyang (bay near the estuary of the Pearl River in China)
2. Nei Lingding Island (island in the Pearl River estuary)
3. Wai Lingding Island (island in Guangdong's Wanshan Archipelago)