伶俜

Chinese

		solitary; lonely; actor solitary; lonely; actor; clever	forlorn
trad. (伶俜)		伶	俜
simp. #(伶俜)		伶	俜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língpīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ ping¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língpīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língping
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-pʻing¹
    • Yale: líng-pīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingping
    • Palladius: линпин (linpin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ pʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ ping¹
    • Yale: lìhng pīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ ping¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ ping¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ pʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: leng pheng

Rime
Character	伶	俜
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	滂 (2)
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	普丁切
Baxter	leng	pheng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leŋ/	/pʰeŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/leŋ/	/pʰeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛŋ/	/pʰɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjŋ/	/pʰɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/leŋ/	/pʰeŋ/
Wang Li	/lieŋ/	/pʰieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieŋ/	/pʰieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng	pīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4	ping1

Adjective

伶俜

1. (literary, ideophonic) lonely; solitary; alone
2. (literary, ideophonic) drifting; wandering; roaming