玲瓏

See also: 玲珑

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (玲瓏)
simp. (玲珑)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (125) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV I
Fanqie
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/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieŋ/ /luŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng lóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4 lung4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8300 8423
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
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. () Linglong (a town in Zhaoyuan, Yantai, Shandong, China)
  2. () Lenggong (a town in Hulu Perak district, Perak, Malaysia)

Derived terms

  • 玲瓏谷玲珑谷

Japanese

Kanji in this term
れい
Jinmeiyō
ろう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

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