IDENTITY
铃língbell
HSK 4Top 1250
CORE MEANING
bell
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.bellHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 钅metal radical (jīn)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰钅令
- metal
- gives the sound líng
USAGE
Common words
闹钟nàozhōngalarm clock
铃声língshēngringtone
铃铛língdangsmall bell
Graded examples
手机铃声响了。Shǒujī língshēng xiǎng le.HSK5
The phone rang.
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 岭
LEARNING
Memory aid
Metal (钅) given a command (令) to sound — the bell. (From 鈴.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #1250
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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