凌 ling⁴ {líng}

1. to approach
2. to rise high
3. thick ice
4. to insult or maltreat

凌 ling⁴ {Líng}

surname Ling

凌厲〔-厉〕 ling⁴ lai⁶ {líng lì}

1. look determined and sharp (eyes) 2. powerful and dominating

凌遲〔-迟〕 ling⁴ ci⁴ {líng chí}

1. the lingering death
2. the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)

凌駕〔-驾〕 ling⁴ gaa³ {líng jià}

1. to be above
2. to place above

凌河 ling⁴ ho⁴ {Líng hé}

Linghe district of Jinzhou city 錦州市, Liaoning

凌海 ling⁴ hoi² {Líng hǎi}

Linghai county level city in Jinzhou 錦州, Liaoning

凌空 ling⁴ hung¹ {líng kōng}

be high up in the sky

凌夷 ling⁴ ji⁴ {líng yí}

1. to deteriorate
2. to decline
3. to slump

淩虐〔凌-〕 ling⁴ joek⁶ {líng nüè}

1. to maltreat
2. to tyrannize

凌辱 ling⁴ juk⁶ {líng rǔ}

to insult

凌源 ling⁴ jyun⁴ {Líng yuán}

Lingyuan county level city in Chaoyang 朝陽, Liaoning

凌亂〔-乱〕 ling⁴ lyun⁶ {líng luàn}

1. messy
2. disarrayed
3. disheveled
4. chaos

凌晨 ling⁴ san⁴ {líng chén}

1. very early in the morning
2. in the wee hours

凌汛 ling⁴ seon³ {líng xùn}

ice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream)

凌雲〔-云〕 ling⁴ wan⁴ {Líng yún}

Lingyun county in Baise 百色, Guangxi

凌雜〔-杂〕 ling⁴ zaap⁶ {líng zá}

in disorder

凌志 ling⁴ zi³ {Líng zhì}

1. Lexus
2. see also 雷克薩斯

凌駕於〔-驾于〕 ling⁴ gaa³ jyu¹ {líng jià yú}

Outmatch;above

凌波舞 ling⁴ bo¹ mou⁵ {líng bō wǔ}

limbo (dance) (loanword)

凌河區〔--区〕 ling⁴ ho⁴ keoi¹ {Líng hé qū}

Linghe district of Jinzhou city 錦州市, Liaoning

凌海市 ling⁴ hoi² si⁵ {Líng hǎi shì}

Linghai county level city in Jinzhou 錦州, Liaoning

凌源市 ling⁴ jyun⁴ si⁵ {Líng yuán shì}

Lingyuan county level city in Chaoyang 朝陽, Liaoning

凌濛初〔-蒙-〕 ling⁴ mung⁴ co¹ {Líng Méng chū}

Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist

凌霄花 ling⁴ siu¹ faa¹ {líng xiāo huā}

Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)

凌雲縣〔-云县〕 ling⁴ wan⁴ jyun⁶ {Líng yún xiàn}

Lingyun county in Baise 百色, Guangxi

凌志美 ling⁴ zi³ mei⁵ {Líng Zhì měi}

Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009

凌亂不堪〔-乱--〕 ling⁴ lyun⁶ bat¹ ham¹ {líng luàn bù kān}

in a terrible mess (idiom)

凌雜米鹽〔-杂-盐〕 ling⁴ zaap⁶ mai⁵ jim⁴ {líng zá mǐ yán}

disordered and fragmentary