齡
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líng · age

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Shape and proportion

20Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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齒Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 齡

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Example sentences

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Tā wèn le wǒ de nián líng 、 xìng míng 、 dì zhǐ děng děng.他問了我的年齡、姓名、地址等等。

He asked me my age, my name, my address, and so forth.

Source: Tatoeba #415936 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zǔ fù de nián líng bǐ wǒ dà wǔ bèi.祖父的年齡比我大五倍。

My grandfather is five times as old as I am.

Source: Tatoeba #346669 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā kàn qǐ lái bǐ tā de shí jì nián líng dà.他看起來比他的實際年齡大。

He looks old for his age.

Source: Tatoeba #848220 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de shí jì nián líng bǐ tā kàn qǐ lái lǎo dé duō.他的實際年齡比他看起來老得多。

He is much older than he looks.

Source: Tatoeba #881178 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Kǎo lǜ dào tā de nián líng, tā kàn qǐ lái tǐng bú cuò.考慮到他的年齡,他看起來挺不錯。

He's good looking for his age.

Source: Tatoeba #10522518 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǐ tā de nián líng lái shuō, tā kàn qǐ lái nián qīng.以他的年齡來說,他看起來年輕。

Mr. Yamanaka looks young for his age.

Source: Tatoeba #894397 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 齡 in context

  1. Say líng, then recall the core meaning: age.
  2. Write all 20 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 齡 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.