HSK 5 · Objects

铃 líng “(small) bell” in Chinese

Traditional 鈴

What 铃 means

  1. (small) bell

Measure word 只 zhī · 一只铃 yì zhī líng

How to say 铃

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale铃líng2nd tone, rising

铃 in a sentence

  1. 铃响了。

    Líng xiǎng le.

    The bell rang.

    Sentence #332971 from Tatoeba

  2. 按两下铃。

    Àn liǎngxià líng.

    Press the bell twice.

    Sentence #804814 from Tatoeba

  3. 门铃响的时候，我正准备出门。

    Ménlíng xiǎng de shíhou, wǒ zhèng zhǔnbèi chūmén.

    I was about to leave when the doorbell rang.

    Sentence #334798 from Tatoeba

How 铃 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 铃 (líng) with each of its parts in a different colour
铃língbell
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 令command · língSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 令 (líng) hints at the sound. Compare it with líng.

How to write 铃

铃 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

铃 (líng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 铃 (líng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

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FAQs

铃 (líng) means “(small) bell”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it líng: líng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 铃 is written 鈴. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 只 (zhī). For example, one (small) bell is 一只铃 (yì zhī líng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ling with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 铃 from the suggestions. Typing ling into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
铃 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.