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/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 伶仃

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

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 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)