xiǎo​líng​tōng

Personal Handy-phone System

  • created sense approved 小灵通/小靈通 · xiǎo​líng​tōng · Personal Handy-phone System — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    小灵通 / 小靈通

    xiǎo​líng​tōng

    Personal Handy-phone System

    A low-cost mobile communication technology (PHS) used widely in China from 1998 to 2013, branded as "Little Smart"

    小 (literal) → 小 · xiǎo · small 灵通 (literal) → 灵通/靈通 · líng​tōng · well-informed

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 小灵通/小靈通 · xiǎo​líng​tōng · know-it-all — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    小灵通 / 小靈通

    xiǎo​líng​tōng

    know-it-all

    A person who is well-informed or has a wide range of contacts and information

    小 (literal) → 小 · xiǎo · small 灵通 (literal) → 灵通/靈通 · líng​tōng · well-informed

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 小灵通/小靈通 · xiǎo​líng​tōng · Little Smarty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    小灵通 / 小靈通

    xiǎo​líng​tōng

    Little Smarty

    The protagonist of a popular children's science fiction series by Ye Yonglie, whose name became synonymous with being well-informed

    小 (literal) → 小 · xiǎo · small 灵通 (literal) → 灵通/靈通 · líng​tōng · well-informed

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense