ling4菱
Jyutpingling4
Yalelìhng
Definition
Used in names.
neutralpeople
How it's used
This character is almost exclusively found in female given names in Hong Kong. It refers to the water caltrop plant, which carries a sense of elegance and traditional beauty in naming conventions. You will rarely see it used outside of personal names or specific botanical contexts.
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Particle
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
