哑铃

啞鈴
yǎlíng
noun #30,737

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 dumbbell (weight)

Examples

Tā měitiān jǔ yǎlíng duànliàn shǒubì.
He lifts dumbbells every day to train his arms.
Xīnshǒu jiànyì cóng qīng de yǎlíng kāishǐ.
Beginners should start with light dumbbells.
Jiā lǐ mǎi yí duì yǎlíng jiù néng liàn hěn duō dòngzuò.
With one pair of dumbbells at home you can do a lot of exercises.

Tips

memory
Literally 'mute bell' ( mute + bell): shaped like a bell but silent when you swing it. The English word 'dumbbell' has the exact same image — 'dumb' in the old sense of mute.

Stroke Order

líng