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

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ ding¹
  - Yale: lìhng dīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ ding¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ ding¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ tɪŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /leŋ teŋ/

Rime
Character	伶	仃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	端 (5)
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	當經切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leŋ/	/teŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/leŋ/	/teŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛŋ/	/tɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjŋ/	/tɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/leŋ/	/teŋ/
Wang Li	/lieŋ/	/tieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieŋ/	/tieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng	dīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling⁴	ding¹

Adjective

伶仃

lonely; lonesome; solitary; alone and helpless
emaciated; scrawny; skin and bones

Derived terms

伶仃孤苦
伶仃洋 (Língdīngyáng)
孤苦伶仃 (gūkǔlíngdīng)

瘦伶仃
瘦骨伶仃
伶仃話／伶仃话

Proper noun

伶仃

(～洋) Lingdingyang (bay near the estuary of the Pearl River in China)
Nei Lingding Island (island in the Pearl River estuary)
Wai Lingding Island (island in Guangdong's Wanshan Archipelago)

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