韵母 韻母 yùn mǔ the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang") 儿化韵 兒化韻 ér huà yùn (Chinese phonetics) syllable final with r-coloring / rhotacized syllable final 儿化 兒化 ér huà (Chinese phonetics) to rhotacize a syllable final / to apply r-coloring to the final of a syllable 收尾音 shōu wěi yīn the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable) 终声 終聲 zhōng shēng the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable) 轻 輕 qīng light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage syn 玲 líng (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑) / tinkling of gem-pendants 丁零当啷 丁零當啷 dīng ling dāng lāng ding-a-ling / (onom.) for sound of bell 蓝魣鳕？ blue ling / trade ling 丁零当啷 丁零噹啷 dīng ling - dāng lāng (onom.) sound of a bell: ding-a-ling 声调 聲調 shēng diào tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 收音 shōu yīn to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable) 音节 音節 yīn jié syllable syn 字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable 重读 重讀 zhòng dú stress (on a syllable) syn 声母 聲母 shēng mǔ the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1]) 重音 zhòng yīn accent (of a word) / stress (on a syllable) 尾音 wěi yīn final sound of a syllable / rhyme (e.g. in European languages) 音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn 韵 韻 yùn the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology) / rhyme / appeal / charm / (literary) pleasant sound syn 哟 喲 yo (sentence-final particle expressing exhortation) / (syllable filler in a song) syn 略识之无 略識之無 lüè shí zhī wú semiliterate / only knows words of one syllable / lit. to know only 之[zhi1] and 無|无[wu2] syn 闭音节 閉音節 bì yīn jié closed syllable 喌 zhōu syllable 中声 中聲 zhōng shēng the medial (vowel or diphthong) of a Korean syllable 初声 初聲 chū shēng the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable 尾綴 wěi zhuì final syllable 押平声韵 押平聲韻 yā píng shēng yùn to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first or second tone 平聲|平声) 调号 調號 diào hào tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à) / (music) key signature 重音节 重音節 zhòng yīn jié accented syllable / stress 銰 āi character used in Korea in former times to represent the syllable "ngai" 零声母 零聲母 líng shēng mǔ (Chinese linguistics) zero initial (the initial of a syllable that does not begin with a consonant) 韵尾 韻尾 yùn wěi (phonology) coda, the part of a syllable that follows its vocalic nucleus (e.g. "u" in kòu or "n" in běn) 六字真言 liù zì zhēn yán the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum) 联绵词 聯綿詞 lián mián cí two-syllable word featuring alliteration or rhyme, such as 玲瓏|玲珑[ling2 long2] 简拼 簡拼 jiǎn pīn (computing) input method where the user types just the initial or first letter of each syllable, e.g. "shq" or "sq" for 事情[shi4qing5] 大加 dà jiā (before a two-syllable verb) considerably / greatly (exaggerate) / vehemently (oppose) / severely (punish) / extensively (refurbish) / effusively (praise) 儿化音 兒化音 ér huà yīn (Chinese phonetics) erhua (the sound of the r-coloring of a syllable final) 很是 hěn shì (formal) very / quite / deeply (usu. followed by a two-syllable adjective or verb) 机灵 機靈 jī ling clever / quick-witted syn 茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus) / fu ling / tuckahoe 宋美龄 宋美齡 sòng měi líng Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife 丁玲 dīng líng Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party 李陵 lǐ líng Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal 蔺相如 藺相如 lìn xiāng rú Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國|赵国 领 領 lǐng neck / collar / to lead / to receive / classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 令 líng used in 脊令[ji2 ling2] / used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4]) syn 令 lǐng classifier for a ream of paper syn 另 lìng other / another / separate / separately syn 灵 靈 líng quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin syn 零 líng zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither syn 龄 齡 líng age / length of experience, membership etc syn 凌 líng to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat syn 陵 líng mound / tomb / hill / mountain syn 铃 鈴 líng (small) bell / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 岭 嶺 lǐng mountain range / mountain ridge syn 菱 蔆 líng variant of 菱[ling2] syn 伶 líng (old) actor / actress / (meaningless bound form) syn 绫 綾 líng damask / thin silk 翎 líng tail feathers / plume syn 聆 líng (literary) to hear / to listen syn 羚 líng antelope syn 苓 líng fungus / tuber 蛉 líng sandfly 呤 líng used in 呤呤[ling2 ling2] 棂 欞 líng variant of 櫺|棂[ling2] 囹 líng used in 囹圄[ling2 yu3] 鲮 鯪 líng mud carp (Cirrhina molitorella) 泠 líng sound of water flowing 瓴 líng concave channels of tiling 酃 líng name of a district in Hunan 鸰 鴒 líng used in 鶺鴒|鹡鸰[ji2ling2] 舲 líng small boat with windows 笭 líng bamboo screen 柃 líng Eurya japonica 睖 líng to stare straight ahead 齢 líng Japanese variant of 齡|龄 醽 líng name of a wine 鴒 líng wagtail / lark 詅 líng to sell 霝 líng drops of rain / to fall in drops 堎 líng mound / tomb 淩 líng variant of 凌[ling2] 蔆 líng Trapa natans / water caltrop 〇 líng zero 昤 līng sunshine 夌 líng to dawdle / the name of the father of the Emperor Yao 軨 líng lattice work on front and sides 五苓散 wǔ líng sǎn wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM) / poria five powder / Hoelen five powder / five ling powder 凌志美 líng zhì měi Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009 凌濛初 líng méng chū Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist / also written 凌蒙初|凌蒙初 凌蒙初 líng méng chū Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist 初刻拍案惊奇 初刻拍案驚奇 chū kè pāi àn jīng qí Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1] 太阳照在桑干河上 太陽照在桑乾河上 tài yáng zhào zài sāng gān hé shàng The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize 玎玲 dīng líng (onom.) ding-a-ling / clink of jewels 郑裕玲 鄭裕玲 zhèng yù líng Carol "Dodo" Cheng Yu-Ling (1957-), Hong Kong actress and TV host 酃县 酃縣 líng xiàn Ling county in Hunan 陵县 陵縣 líng xiàn Ling county in Dezhou 德州[De2 zhou1], Shandong 