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Information of 灵

Pinyin líng

Radical

火

Strokes

7 strokes

Usage

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Definition

alert / departed soul / efficacious / quick / effective / intelligence

灵靈 líng 〈名〉【本义】: 巫【造字法】: 形声。从巫，靈( líng )声。 1. 古时楚人称跳舞降神的巫为灵 (dancing witch; sorceress) 2. 神灵 (gods) 3. 灵魂 (soul) 4. 敬辞。用以称有关鬼神的事物。对死者的敬称 (sth. relating demons or gods) 5. 灵柩的简称 (coffin; bier) 6. 指人的精神状态 (spirit; intelligence) 7. 通“軨”。窗中竖木 (lattice work; window lattice) 8. 指天、地、日、月等尊称及物品名 (the Heaven; sun; the earth; moon) 9. 威灵; 福气，福分 (happiness) 10. 通“苓”。茯苓 (tuckahoe) 11. 通“舲”。有窗的小船 (a small house-boat with lookout windows) 12. 通“令”。命令、法令 (laws and decrees; decree) 13. 姓灵靈 líng 〈形〉 1. 假借为“良”。善，美好 (good) 2. 灵活; 有灵性 (nimble; sharp) 3. 应验; 灵验 (accurate)

灵巧 líng qiǎo

deft / nimble / ingenious

幽灵 yōu líng

specter / apparition / ghost

心灵 xīn líng

bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit

冥顽不灵 míng wán bù líng

stupid / stubborn / pigheaded

灵敏度 líng mǐn dù

(level of) sensitivity

灵柩 líng jiù

coffin containing a corpse

人杰地灵 rén jié dì líng

illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son

灵棚 líng péng

Ling Peng

灵活 líng huó

flexible / nimble / agile

灵魂 líng hún

soul / spirit

灵感 líng gǎn

inspiration / insight / a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor

灵活性 líng huó xìng

flexibility

机灵 jī ling

clever / quick-witted

灵机一动 líng jī yī dòng

a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave

神灵 shén líng

god / spirit / demon / occult or supernatural entities in general

灵气 líng qì

spiritual influence (of mountains etc) / cleverness / ingeniousness

不灵 bù líng

not work / be ineffective

灵性 líng xìng

spiritual nature / spirituality / intelligence (esp. in animals)

精灵 jīng líng

spirit / fairy / elf / sprite / genie

灵动 líng dòng

to be quick-witted

失灵 shī líng

out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system)

生灵 shēng líng

(literary) the people / living thing / creature

生灵涂炭 shēng líng tú tàn

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

灵猫 líng māo

civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)

灵璧 Líng bì

Lingbi county in Suzhou 宿州[Su4 zhou1], Anhui

亡灵 wáng líng

departed spirit

灵丹妙药 líng dān miào yào

effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir

灵丘 Líng qiū

Lingqiu county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi

灵芝 líng zhī

lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)