龄

líng

age

length of experience, membership etc

teeth (齿) + sound (令) = age measured by teeth

Teeth reveal age — you can tell how old a horse is by its teeth, and this logic runs deep in Chinese. 令 mainly lends the sound líng and carries no meaning in this character.

齿+令→龄
令CommandPhonetic
齿TeethSemantic

请问你的年龄是多少?

qǐng wèn nǐ de nián líng shì duō shao?

May I ask what your age is?

这份工作对工龄有一定的要求。

zhè fèn gōng zuò duì gōng líng yǒu yī dìng de yāo qiú。

This job has certain requirements regarding length of work experience.

Words with 龄

蒲松龄

pú sōng líng

Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異|聊斋志异[Liao2 zhai1 Zhi4 yi4]

遐龄

xiá líng

advanced age

适龄

shì líng

of age

酒龄

jiǔ líng

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

驾龄

jià líng

length of experience as a driver

骨龄

gǔ líng

(medicine) bone age

高龄

gāo líng

elderly

党龄

dǎng líng

party standing

低龄

dī líng

(of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age

低龄化

dī líng huà

(of a certain group of people, e.g. recreational drug users) to become younger, on average, than before

低龄犯罪

dī líng fàn zuì

juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency

保龄球

bǎo líng qiú

ten-pin bowling (loanword)

More characters with 齿

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