Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "灵" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "灵" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
líng
Definition
alert / departed soul / efficacious / quick / effective / intelligence
deft / nimble / ingenious
specter / apparition / ghost
bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit
stupid / stubborn / pigheaded
coffin containing a corpse
illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son
flexible / nimble / agile
inspiration / insight / a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor
a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
god / spirit / demon / occult or supernatural entities in general
spiritual influence (of mountains etc) / cleverness / ingeniousness
not work / be ineffective
spiritual nature / spirituality / intelligence (esp. in animals)
spirit / fairy / elf / sprite / genie
out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system)
(literary) the people / living thing / creature
people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
心有灵犀一点通 xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng
hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
Lingbi county in Suzhou 宿州[Su4 zhou1], Anhui
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir
Lingqiu county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi
lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)