| 玲 | [ líng ] (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑), tinkling of gem-pendants |
| 玲玲 | [ líng líng ] (onom.) tinkling (e.g. of jewels) |
| 玲瓏 | [ líng lóng ] (onom.) clink of jewels, exquisite, detailed and fine, clever, nimble |
| 玲瓏剔透 | [ líng lóng tī toù ] exquisitely made, very clever |
| ⇒ 丁玲 | [ dīng líng ] Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party |
| ⇒ 八面玲瓏 | [ bā miàn líng lóng ] be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) |
| ⇒ 小巧玲瓏 | [ líng lóng ] dainty and delicate, exquisite |
| ⇒ 張愛玲 | [ zhāng aì líng ] Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist |
| ⇒ 愛德玲 | [ aì dé líng ] Adeline (name) |
| ⇒ 林志玲 | [ lín zhì líng ] Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress |
| ⇒ 梵婀玲 | [ fàn ē líng ] violin (loanword) |
| ⇒ 玎玲 | [ dīng líng ] (onom.) ding-a-ling, clink of jewels |
| ⇒ 玲玲 | [ líng líng ] (onom.) tinkling (e.g. of jewels) |
| ⇒ 美玲 | [ meǐ líng ] Meiling (female name), Zhou Meiling 周美玲[Zhou1 Mei3 ling2] (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director |
| ⇒ 鄭裕玲 | [ zhèng yù líng ] Carol "Dodo" Cheng Yu-Ling (1957-), Hong Kong actress and TV host |
