ling
part of speech
noun (a ling, ling or lings — fish; ling, uncountable — plant); (Mandarin, pinyin) líng / lǐng / lìng
meaning for a pupil
1) A ling is a long sea fish of the cod family, caught for food in the North Atlantic and around Australia and New Zealand. tree →
2) Ling is a kind of heather, a low shrub with small purple flowers that grows on moors. tree →
3) (Mandarin, pinyin) «Ling» is a Chinese syllable: líng means «zero» (零), and it is part of many names; it is not an English word. tree →
4) (a name) Ling is a Chinese given name or surname. tree →
sense in the lessons
In nature lessons, ling heather covers moors in Scotland, Ireland and northern England. In Australia and NZ, ling is a fish sold at the fish shop. When Mandarin is heard on the street or in maths, «líng» (zero) sounds like English «ling». As a name it tells the reader who someone is. Phrases: «ling heather», «ling fillet».
examples
- Translatus et notis illustrates, a Joanne Stephano Rittangelio, ling. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- "Id est Liber Jezirah, qui Abrahamos, Patriarchæ adscribitur, unacum Commentario Rabi Abraham F.D. super 32 semitis Sapientiæ, a quibus Liber Jezirah incipit: Translatus et notis illustratus a Joanne Stephano Rittangelio Ling. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- The moor was purple with ling. tree →
- We had ling and chips at the beach. tree →
- Ling is caught in deep water. tree →
- In Mandarin, «líng» means zero. tree →
- Ling is new in our class; she is from Shanghai. tree →
- Bees make honey from ling heather. tree →
note
Fish plural: ling or lings. In pinyin, the tone marks change the meaning (líng = zero; lǐng = collar or to lead; lìng = another, or to order). The Mandarin word sounds like English «ling». As a name, do not invent details. Also a suffix in English (duckling, seedling), meaning «small or young».
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ling» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.