Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
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English
- water-chestnut, water caltrop
- (bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
- used in names
粵語
- 用於人名
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 菱
- 菱形ling4 jing4
rhombus
- 菱角ling4 gok3
water caltrop (Trapa species), aquatic plant with edible seeds
- 菱鏡ling4 geng3
see 菱花鏡|菱花镜[ling2 hua1 jing4]
- 三菱saam1 ling4
Mitsubishi (Japanese conglomerate)
- 鐵菱tit3 ling4
(military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times)
- 菱鐵礦ling4 tit3 kong3
siderite
- 鐵菱角tit3 ling4 gok3
see 鐵菱|铁菱[tie3 ling2]
- 菱花鏡ling4 faa1 geng3
antique bronze mirror with flower petal edging, most commonly from the Tang dynasty
- 菱鎂礦ling4 mei5 kong3
magnesite
- 大菱鮃daai6 ling4 ping4
turbot
- 麥凱斯菱mak6 hoi2 si1 ling4
rhombus of Michaelis (anatomy)
- 菱形六面體ling4 jing4 luk6 min6 tai2
(math.) rhombohedron