| líng | clever |
| 伶 | clever |
| 伶人 | actor actress |
| 伶仃 | alone and helpless also written 零丁 |
| 伶俐 | clever witty intelligent |
| 伶俜 | lonely solitary |
| 伶悧 | variant of 伶俐, clever witty intelligent |
| 伶牙俐齿 | clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent having the gift of the gab |
| 伶猴 | [Zoology] a titi |
| 伶盗龙 | velociraptor (dinosaur) |
| 伶鼬 | weasel Mustela nivalis (zoology) |