Adjective: xing ling
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | xing ling |
| Singular f. | xing ling |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like xing ling
xing ling,
pavio curto,
anticonversão,
para a frentex,
por perto,
proto-indo-européia,
proto-indo-europeia,
pra inglês ver,
preto e branco,
antinicotina,
antiviolência,
anarco-punk,
relâmpago,
antibiofilme,
pera doce,
antiglobalização,
ching ling,
antipropaganda,
cabeça-dura,
cor-de-burro-quando-foge, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Imitative of Mandarin; compare English ching chong. Sometimes erroneously said to derive from Mandarin 星零 (xīng líng, “zero stars”) in some sources — however, that is merely speculative folk etymology.
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