Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

(small) bell

Chinese: 小铃铛。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “ling” becomes a different word in each tone. 铃 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 铃声líng shēngring; ringtone; bell stroke; tintinnabulation
  • 门铃mén língdoorbell
  • 杠铃gàng língbarbell
  • 电铃diàn língelectric bell
  • 打铃dǎ língto ring a bell

Example Sentence

上课铃一响,同学们就回到了座位上。Shàng kè líng yì xiǎng, tóng xué men jiù huí dào le zuò wèi shàng.As soon as the class bell rang, the students returned to their seats.

上课Shàng kèto go to classlíng(small) bellonexiǎngecho同学tóng xuéto study at the same schoomen(plural marker)jiùthen回到huí dàoto return tole(completed action)座位zuò wèiseatshàngon