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líng

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Definitions

  1. 1. age
  2. 2. length of experience, membership etc

Example Sentences

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‘年 ’ ‘16岁’
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1251191)

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Words Containing 龄

酒龄
jiǔ líng

age of wine (i.e. how long it has been matured)

适龄
shì líng

of age

松鹤遐龄
sōng hè xiá líng

longevity

工龄
gōng líng

length of service

同龄人
tóng líng rén

peer

妙龄
miào líng

(of a girl) in the prime of youth

房玄龄
fáng xuán líng

Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晉書|晋书[jìn shū]

育龄期
yù líng qī

childbearing age

同龄
tóng líng

of the same age

保龄球
bǎo líng qiú

ten-pin bowling (loanword)

年龄段
nián líng duàn

age group

老龄
lǎo líng

aging

婚龄
hūn líng

length of married life

军龄
jūn líng

length of military service

减龄
jiǎn líng

to become more youthful

宋美龄
sòng měi líng

Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife

役龄
yì líng

enlistment age

超龄
chāo líng

(of a young person's behavior or attributes) beyond one's years; adultlike

蒲松龄
pú sōng líng

Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異|聊斋志异[liáo zhāi zhì yì]

逆龄
nì líng

anti-aging

刘松龄
liú sōng líng

Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (1703-1774), Slovenian Jesuit missionary, astronomer and mathematician, spent 35 years at Emperor Qianlong's court

教龄
jiào líng

years of teaching experience

育龄
yù líng

childbearing age

老龄化
lǎo líng huà

aging (population)

芳龄
fāng líng

age (of a young woman)

年龄组
nián líng zǔ

age group

高龄
gāo líng

elderly

冻龄
dòng líng

to maintain a youthful appearance

耄龄
mào líng

eighties, nineties, or greater (of age)

年龄
nián líng

(a person's) age

党龄
dǎng líng

party standing

遐龄
xiá líng

advanced age

驾龄
jià líng

length of experience as a driver

宋庆龄
sòng qìng líng

Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[sūn zhōng shān], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925

学龄
xué líng

school age