伶仃

Chinese

		solitary; lonely; actor solitary; lonely; actor; clever
simp. and trad. (伶仃)		伶	仃
alt. forms		零丁伶丁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): língdīng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ ding¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: língdīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingding
  - IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ ding¹
  - Yale: lìhng dīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ ding¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ ding¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ tɪŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

伶仃

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

Derived terms

伶仃孤苦
伶仃洋
伶仃話／伶仃话

孤苦伶仃 (gūkǔlíngdīng)
瘦伶仃
瘦骨伶仃

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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