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嶺

简岭 · 繁嶺

Mandarin · pinyin lǐng

mountain range
mountain ridge

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嶺: Look up this written character
岭: lǐng · mountain ridge, mountain peak

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

leng5 · ling5

Cantonese word readings for 嶺. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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mountain whose peak is accessible by road (Classifier: 道 m)
mountain range
(specifically) Nanling Mountains; Wuling
(Hakka, dialectal Cantonese) mountain; hill
a surname, Ling

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