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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-lông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ long⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línglóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línglóng
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-lung²
    • Yale: líng-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linglong
    • Palladius: линлун (linlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: lìhng lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-lùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lin^ˇ lung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin² lung²
    • Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹ luŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵ long⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng lông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ loŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: leng luwng

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
Baxter	leng	luwng
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieŋ/	/luŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4	lung4

• 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
• 玲瓏塔／玲珑塔 (Línglóngtǎ)
• 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

 

Proper noun

玲瓏

1. (～鎮) Linglong (a town in Zhaoyuan, Yantai, Shandong, China)
2. (～鎮) Lenggong (a town in Hulu Perak district, Perak, Malaysia)

Derived terms

• 玲瓏谷／玲珑谷

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玲	瓏
れい Jinmeiyō	ろう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Adjective

玲(れい)瓏(ろう) • (reirō) ^†-tari (adnominal 玲(れい)瓏(ろう)とした (reirō to shita) or 玲(れい)瓏(ろう)たる (reirō taru), adverbial 玲(れい)瓏(ろう)と (reirō to) or 玲(れい)瓏(ろう)として (reirō to shite))

1. (literary) clear; transluscent (as jade)
2. (literary) brilliantly resonant sounding (as jade)

Derived terms

• 八面玲瓏(はちめんれいろう) (hachimenreirō)