Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 贞菱, 贞龄, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ʈ͡ʂən.liŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 貞 (zhēn) meaning "virtuous, chaste, loyal" combined with 菱 (líng) meaning "water caltrop, water chesnut" or 龄 (líng) meaning "age, duration". Other character combinations can form this name as well.