lóng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 exquisite; finely wrought
  2. 2 (of jade) tinkling sound

Examples

Tā diāo le yí gè xiǎoqiǎo línglóng de yù shì.
She carved a small, exquisitely delicate jade ornament.
为人八面玲珑
Tā wéirén bāmiànlínglóng.
She is bright and tactful, smooth with everyone.

Tips

usage
Bound character, used in 玲珑 (línglóng), which means dainty and exquisite for objects, and clever and socially deft for people, as in 八面玲珑 (bāmiànlínglóng, smooth and tactful with everyone).

Components

radical
wáng
jade
On the left this is the jade radical (the jade form of ), not king. It marks the character as a jade item, originally a finely carved ritual jade.
phonetic
lóng
dragon
(lóng, dragon) gives the exact sound. Historically the ritual jade this character named was carved with a dragon pattern, so the link is also faintly meaningful.

Stroke Order

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