#0433 · Sinnoh · Generation 4 · baby

Chingling

Bell Pokémon · Psychic-type

Chingling is a Psychic-type Pokémon, the Bell Pokémon, number 433 (#0433) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the Sinnoh region. It is 0.2 m tall and weighs 0.6 kg.

Chingling is the Bell Pokémon, a jingle-bell baby whose cries are pitched so high that people cannot hear them, yet can still give them a splitting headache. It rings softly every time it hops.

How to pronounce Chingling

Chingling is pronounced CHING-ling. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Chingling said out loud:

In Japanese it is リーシャン (Lisyan).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Chingling is a yellow, spherical baby Pokémon, 0.2 m tall and 0.6 kg, shaped like a jingle bell, with stubby limbs, beady black eyes and a red-and-white striped rope on top that looks like a scarf. Inside its mouth sits a red orb that it vibrates to make its cries.

Behaviour

Chingling hops everywhere instead of walking, bouncing along gently. It deafens foes with high-frequency cries and, according to HeartGold and SoulSilver, can keep crying for an awfully long time.

Habitat

No Pokédex entry names a habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it is wild in Kitakami from The Teal Mask onwards, and in Legends: Z-A it comes by trade or in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

Powers

Its Ability is Levitate. It uses Confusion, Astonish, Yawn and Last Resort, then learns Entrainment at level 19 and Uproar at level 32. With base stats totalling 285 and only 65 Special Attack, it is a fragile baby that mostly exists to grow into Chimecho.

Name origin

Chingling may combine 'chime', 'jingling' and the small-thing suffix -ling. The Japanese name is Lisyan (リーシャン), which may blend rin (bell), rinrin and shanshan (bell sounds), or perhaps 'listen'.

Design inspiration

Chingling appears to be based on a suzu, the kind of bell used at Shinto shrines. Its piercing, long-lasting cries may be a nod to a crying toddler. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Chingling is the baby form of Chimecho and evolves when levelled up with high friendship at night.

In the games

Chingling roams the Coronet Highlands and Alabaster Icelands in Legends: Arceus, having first appeared in Diamond and Pearl as the baby form of Chimecho. In Scarlet and Violet it also appears in 1-star and 3-star Tera Raid Battles.

In the anime

Chingling debuted in the film The Rise of Darkrai. Francesca's three Chingling made their series debut in 'The Bells Are Singing!', where Team Rocket captured them and James grew fond of them because they reminded him of his Chimecho.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia calls Chingling the lightest of all the baby Pokémon.
• As of The Crown Tundra, Chingling was the only baby Pokémon missing from Sword and Shield, according to Bulbapedia.
• Of all Generation IV Psychic types it is both the shortest and the lowest in base stat total, according to the poke.si game data.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Chingling (Pokémon) · Serebii: Chingling (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 45
• Attack: 30
• Defense: 50
• Sp. Atk: 65
• Sp. Def: 50
• Speed: 45

Chingling’s base stat total is 285. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Chingling weak to?

Chingling takes extra damage from Bug (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Fighting (½×), Psychic (½×).

Evolution

How does Chingling evolve?

Chingling evolves into Chimecho (Friendship, at night).

The whole family: Chingling, Chimecho.

Abilities

• Levitate: Evades Ground moves.

Moves

Moves Chingling learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (38)

Chingling can learn 38 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Protect, Charge Beam, Facade, Icy Wind, Stored Power, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Psyshock, Zen Headbutt, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Dazzling Gleam, Grass Knot, Thunder Wave, Rest, Taunt, Skill Swap, Substitute, Trick, Shadow Ball, Hyper Voice, Energy Ball, Psychic, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Trick Room, Tera Blast, Gravity, Knock Off, Uproar, Psych Up, Double-Edge, Future Sight, Curse, Psychic Noise.

Egg moves (8):Ally Switch, Cosmic Power, Curse, Disable, Hypnosis, Recover, Recycle, Wish.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
• Catch rate: 120 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Fast (800,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Atk effort value.
• Base experience yield: 57.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon gave me an excruciating headache when it seemingly cried out without making a sound. Perhaps there are some sounds that the human ear is simply incapable of hearing. (Legends: Arceus)

There is an orb inside its mouth. When it hops, the orb bounces all over and makes a ringing sound. (Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

Each time it hops, it makes a ringing sound. It deafens foes by emitting high-frequency cries. (Pearl, X, Omega Ruby)

It emits high-frequency cries that people can't hear. Once it starts, it can cry for an awfully long time. (HeartGold, SoulSilver)

It emits cries by agitating an orb at the back of its throat. It moves with flouncing hops. (Diamond)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Shortest Psychic type in Gen 4: 0.2 m.
• Lowest base stat total among Psychic types in Gen 4: 285.
• Taller than 1% of all Pokémon (0.2 m).
• Heavier than 2% of all Pokémon (0.6 kg).
• Base stat total 285, ranked #907 of 1,025.
• One of 102 Psychic-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 88 yellow Pokémon.
• Number 47 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 52 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 120: about 15.7% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 5 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Chingling (Pokémon), Serebii: Chingling (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (CHING-ling): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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