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Surname Ling

林 · 凌

Ling is a Chinese surname, the Foochow spelling of 林 ('forest'), and also a Mandarin or Cantonese spelling of 凌.

Characters for the surname Ling

The spelling Ling is common in Foochow, Mandarin (pinyin) and Cantonese romanization.

  • 林

    forest, grove; surname

    Foochow lìng / Mandarin lín

    attested

  • 凌

    ice; to rise high; surname

    Mandarin líng / Cantonese ling4

林 all spellings of lín凌 all spellings of líng

Possible characters for Ling

Ling 林 lín · Foochow 凌 líng · Cantonese · Mandarin
The spelling Ling can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
林lín · Foochow
凌líng · Cantonese · Mandarin

Other spellings of the same character

  • Lim 林Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka
  • Lam 林Cantonese, Hakka

About the surname Ling

Ling is the Foochow spelling of the surname 林 (Mandarin Lin), read lìng in Foochow. The same character is spelled Lim in Hokkien and Lam in Cantonese. 林 is recorded in public data for Malaysians spelled Ling. In Mandarin and Cantonese, Ling is also the spelling of 凌. The meaning depends on the characters a family uses.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 林 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 林 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 凌 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 凌 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: Ling (English surname) · en.wiktionary.org · romanization

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