穆棱

穆稜

Mùlíng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Muling, county-level city in south-east Heilongjiang, under Mudanjiang

Characters

solemn (used for its sound)

ling (used for its sound)

Examples

HSK 3

他在穆棱长大，后来去哈尔滨上了大学。

Tā zài Mùlíng zhǎngdà, hòulái qù Hā'ěrbīn shàng le dàxué.

He grew up in Muling and later went to university in Harbin.

HSK 5

穆棱在黑龙江东南部，离俄罗斯很近。

Mùlíng zài Hēilóngjiāng dōngnánbù, lí Éluósī hěn jìn.

Muling is in south-east Heilongjiang, close to Russia.

Tips

mistakes

棱 is read líng only in this name. Everywhere else it is léng, as in 棱角 'edges and corners' and 模棱两可 'ambiguous'. The official name is 穆棱市, after the Muling River that runs through it.

Stroke Order

穆 mù

棱 léng