靈魂

See also: 灵魂

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	soul
trad. (靈魂)		靈	魂
simp. (灵魂)		灵	魂
anagram		魂靈／魂灵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línghún

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ wan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn-fùn
• Eastern Min (BUC): lìng-hùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-hûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ hung⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin-wen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línghún
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línghún
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-hun²
    • Yale: líng-hwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linghwen
    • Palladius: линхунь (linxunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ xu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ wan⁴
    • Yale: lìhng wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ wɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 凌雲 靈魂 / 灵魂

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-fùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lin^ˇ fun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin² fun²
    • Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹ fun¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng-hùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(h-)ŋuŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-hûn
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-hûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lenghuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² hun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ hun²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵ hung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng hûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lin-wen
    • MiniDict: lin^去 wen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin-hhun
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²² ɦuən⁴⁴/

Noun

靈魂

1. soul; spirit

   • 他使我的靈魂甦醒，為自己的名引導我走義路。 [MSC, trad.]
     他使我的灵魂苏醒，为自己的名引导我走义路。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 詩篇 (Psalm) 23:3

     Tā shǐ wǒ de línghún sūxǐng, wèi zìjǐ de míng yǐndǎo wǒ zǒu yì lù. [Pinyin]

     He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

2. thoughts; thinking
3. integrity; conscience
4. (figurative) key factor

Synonyms

• (soul): 魂靈／魂灵 (húnlíng); (Wu) 魂靈／魂灵; 魂靈頭／魂灵头; 魂靈心／魂灵心; 靈心／灵心
• (integrity):

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• 人心 (rénxīn)
• 人性 (rénxìng)
• 天良 (tiānliáng)
• 本心 (běnxīn)
• 良心 (liángxīn)
• 良知 (liángzhī)

 

Derived terms

• 靈魂之窗 / 灵魂之窗
• 靈魂人物 / 灵魂人物 (línghún rénwù)
• 靈魂伴侶 / 灵魂伴侣 (línghún bànlǚ)
• 靈魂樂 / 灵魂乐 (línghúnyuè)

 

Adjective

靈魂

1. (neologism, chiefly ACG, attributive, of people) doing abstract or incomprehensible things

   靈魂畫師／灵魂画师  ―  línghún huàshī  ―  an illustrator who draws ugly drawings

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (靈魂):

• → Japanese: 霊魂(れいこん) (reikon)
• → Korean: 령혼(靈魂) (ryeonghon), 영혼(靈魂) (yeonghon)
• → Vietnamese: linh hồn (靈魂)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
靈	魂
れい Hyōgai	こん Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

靈(れい)魂(こん) • (reikon) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 霊魂 (“soul”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
靈	魂

Noun

靈魂 • (yeonghon) (hangeul 영혼)

1. hanja form^? of 영혼 (“soul”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
靈	魂

Noun

靈魂

1. chữ Hán form of linh hồn (“soul”).