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龄 líng age

age; years

How to remember 龄: 齿 tooth + 令 command = age. The vet checks every tooth of the old horse, gives the command to close its mouth and tells the farmer its real age.

  • 1,510. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 13 strokes
  • Radical 齒

Component breakdown

形声 · Meaning + sound

One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.

龄 = 齿 tooth + 令 command

  • 齿 tooth meaning
  • 令 command sound
The Gushi story

The vet checks every tooth of the old horse, gives the command to close its mouth and tells the farmer its real age.

How it came to be

The tooth gives the meaning and the right part the sound, because teeth show how old someone is.

How it is used

  • Bound; age/years. Chiefly 年龄 (niánlíng), age: 年龄多大 (niánlíng duō dà) what's your age.
  • 年龄 (niánlíng) is the formal, numerical age for forms and statistics; 年纪 (niánjì) is the more colloquial "how old one is."
  • 高龄 (gāolíng) = advanced age: 高龄产妇 (gāolíng chǎnfù) an older/high-risk expectant mother.

Words with 龄

Example sentences

  • 儿子已经到了上学的年龄。 Érzi yǐjīng dàole shàngxué de niánlíng.My son is old enough to start school.
  • 他与我同龄。 Tā yǔ wǒ tónglíng.He and I are the same age.