玲瓏

玲瓏

See also: 玲珑

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (玲瓏)		玲	瓏
simp. (玲珑)		玲	珑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línglóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ lung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn-lùng
• Min Nan (POJ): lêng-lông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: línglóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linglong
    • IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: lìhng lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ lung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-lùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: linˇ lungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin² lung²
    • IPA: /lin¹¹ luŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-lông
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-lông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengloong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² lɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ lɔŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /leŋ  luŋ/▼

Rime
Character	玲	瓏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	郎丁切	盧紅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leŋ/	/luŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/leŋ/	/luŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛŋ/	/luŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjŋ/	/ləwŋ/
Li Rong	/leŋ/	/luŋ/
Wang Li	/lieŋ/	/luŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieŋ/	/luŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng	lóng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ  roːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玲	瓏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8300	8423
Phonetic component	令	龍
Rime group	耕	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈	籠
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/	/*roːŋ/

Adjective

玲瓏

1. (literary, onomatopoeia) Describing a pleasantly crisp or clear sound, for example of jade.
2. (literary, ideophonic) brightly clear; bright and shining; crystalline
3. (ideophonic, of an implement) exquisite; fine; well-made
4. (ideophonic, of a person, usually a woman) clever; nimble

Derived terms

七竅玲瓏／七窍玲珑 八窗玲瓏／八窗玲珑 八面玲瓏／八面玲珑 (bāmiànlínglóng) 剔透玲瓏／剔透玲珑 四面玲瓏／四面玲珑 嬌小玲瓏／娇小玲珑 小巧玲瓏／小巧玲珑

玉玲瓏／玉玲珑 玲瓏剔透／玲珑剔透 玲瓏四犯／玲珑四犯 玲瓏小巧／玲珑小巧 玲瓏透漏／玲珑透漏 百樣玲瓏／百样玲珑 碧玲瓏／碧玲珑