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Meaning of 菱

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Pinyin: líng
English Definition: Trapa natans; water caltrop
Chinese Definition:
①一年生水生草本植物,果实有硬壳,有角,称“菱”或“菱角”,可食。
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (grass) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • [ líng ] to dawdle; the name of the father of the Emperor Yao
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Example Words
菱形 líng xíng rhombus
菱花镜 líng huā jìng antique bronze mirror with flower petal edging, most commonly from the Tang dynasty
菱角 líng jiǎo water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa)
菱镁矿 líng měi kuàng magnesite; magnesium ore
菱铁矿 líng tiě kuàng siderite
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Example Sentences
1
Low sales for turbot during the past months have led to a price drop.
2
西
Among the attractions: a snake pit with several hundred western diamondback rattlesnakes.
3
Because you wouldn' t want to take on the world without baring your midriff - girl power!
4
线
In the Pacific, the number of leatherback turtles has plummeted in the last three decades.
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But until now, nobody quite appreciated just how good leatherback turtles were at navigation.