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lìng

HSK 6freq #541

Meanings

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lìng

1.other
2.another
3.separate
4.separately

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Wiktionary

1.another; separate; other
2.in addition; besides
3.Used to add a postscript to a letter like the English abbreviation "P.S."

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Etymology

In 玉篇校釋 (胡吉宣, 1989), it is considered a simplified form of 別／别 (bié), used to refer a synonym word with different pronunciation.

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Stroke order

Components

另口力

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我另有计划。
I made other plans.
我想要另一個。
I want the other one.
我要另一片面包。
I want another slice of bread.
我在另一个地方。
I was somewhere else.
请给我看看另一个。
Please show me another one.
汤姆还另有三条狗。
Tom has three other dogs.

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Related words

另外 additional 另加 to add to 另行 (to do sth) separately; as a separate action 另用 diversion 另类 offbeat 单另 separately and exclusively 另存 to save (a file) after options (name, location, format etc) have been selected by the user 另有 to have some other (reason etc)另案 another case (in law)另册 the Other List (Qing dynasty register of outlaws)另一 another ...; the other ...另见 cf.