灵 (靈) líng
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líng
adjective
agile; nimble
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 机敏 (Guoyu '靈' adj 3; NCCED '灵' 6; Unihan '靈') -
líng
noun
spirit; soul; life principle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 魂魄 (Guoyu '靈' n 3; Kroll 2015 '灵' 2, p. 276; NCCED '灵' 2; Unihan '靈') -
líng
adjective
spiritual; sacred
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 1, p. 276; Unihan '靈') -
líng
noun
a witch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 女巫 (Guoyu '靈' n 1) -
líng
noun
spirits and devils; demons; gods; a deity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 鬼神 (Guoyu '靈' n 2; NCCED '灵' 1; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1465) -
líng
noun
emotional spirit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 精神 (Guoyu '靈' n 4) -
líng
noun
a very capable person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '靈' n 5) -
líng
noun
a coffin containing a corpse
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 灵柩 (Guoyu '靈' n 6; NCCED '灵' 3) -
líng
proper noun
Ling
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '靈' n 7) -
líng
verb
to be reasonable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '靈' v 1) -
líng
verb
to bless and protect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 保佑 (Guoyu '靈' v 2) -
líng
adjective
wonderful; auspicious
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 神妙 (Guoyu '靈' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '灵' 4, p. 276; NCCED '灵' 4) -
líng
adjective
as predicted
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 应验 (Guoyu '靈' adj 2) -
líng
adjective
beautiful; good
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 美好 (Guoyu '靈' adj 4) -
líng
adjective
quick witted; clever; alert; intelligent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '灵' 5) -
líng
adjective
having divine awareness
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 3, p. 276) -
líng
adjective
supernatural; unearthly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 1a, p. 276)
Contained in
- 歌百灵(歌百靈) Australasian bush lark (Mirafra javanica)
- 灵体(靈體) soul
- 灵利(靈利) clever; bright; quick-witted
- 灵犀相通(靈犀相通) kindred spirits
- 生灵涂炭(生靈塗炭) people are in a terrible situation
- 草原百灵(草原百靈) calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
- 性灵(性靈) innate spiritual wisdom ; spirit; feeling
- 灵位(靈位) memorial tablet
- 灵命(靈命) the will of Heaven; the will of God
- 大短趾百灵(大短趾百靈) greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
- 长嘴百灵(長嘴百靈) Tibetan lark (Melanocorypha maxima)
- 舒喘灵(舒喘靈) albuterol, kind of chemical used in treating asthma
- 灵恩(靈恩) Charismatic Christianity
- 灵敏度(靈敏度) (level of) sensitivity
- 灵车(靈車) hearse
- 泛灵论(泛靈論) animism
- 邪灵(邪靈) evil spirits
- 在天之灵(在天之靈) soul and spirit of the deceased
- 二斑百灵(二斑百靈) bimaculated lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
- 活灵活现(活靈活現) lifelike in spirit and image
- 心有灵犀一点通(心有靈犀一點通) hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn
- 除灵(除靈) to expel spirits; to end the period of mourning
- 百灵鸟(百靈鳥) skylark
- 洗涤灵(洗滌靈) dishwashing liquid
- 通灵板(通靈板) Ouija board
- 心灵上(心靈上) spiritual
- 灵牌(靈牌) a spirit tablet
- 图灵(圖靈) Turing
- 显灵(顯靈) (of a supernatural or divine being) to appear; to make itself manifest
- 灵便(靈便) quick; agile; nimble; easy to handle; handy
- 扶灵(扶靈) to accompany a coffin at a funeral
- 灵窍(靈竅) clever
- 灵犀(靈犀) rhinoceros horn ; mutual sensitivity; tacit exchange of romantic feelings; a meeting of minds
- 灵长(靈長) long life and prosperity ; primate (monkey, hominid etc)
- 人杰地灵(人傑地靈) illustrious hero, spirit of the place; a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son
- 灵秀(靈秀) outstanding spirit
- 属灵(屬靈) spiritual
- 灵语(靈語) tongues (spiritual gift)
- 灵光(靈光) the favor of the emperor
- 万灵丹(萬靈丹) panacea; cure-all
- 灵丹妙药(靈丹妙藥) a miraculous cure
- 消息灵通人士(消息靈通人士) well-informed source; person with inside information
- 灵枢经(靈樞經) the Divine Pivot or Spiritual Pivot, ancient Chinese medical text
Also contained in
灵丘 、 小灵通 、 惠灵顿 、 灵王 、 灵石县 、 精灵宝钻 、 孙伯灵 、 灵宝市
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一百三十五 志第八十八 樂十 Volume 135 Treatises 88: Music 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 65
- 卷一百三十七 志第九十 樂十二 Volume 137 Treatises 90: Music 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 53
- 卷一百三十二 志第八十五 樂七 Volume 132 Treatises 85: Music 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 52
- 卷四十五 列傳第三十三: 裴叔業 夏侯道遷 李元護 席法友 王世弼 江悅之 淳于誕 沈文秀 張讜 李苗 劉藻 傅永 傅竪眼 張烈 李叔彪 路恃慶 房亮 曹世表 潘永基 朱元旭 Volume 45 Biographies 33: Pei Shuye, Xiahou Daoqian, Li Yuanhu, Xi Fayou, Wang Shibi, Jiang Yuezhi, Chun Yudan, Shen Wenxiu, Zhang Dang, Li Miao, Liu Zao, Fu Yong, Fu Shuyan, Zhang Lie, Li Shubiao, Lu Shiqing, Fang Liang, Cao Shibiao, Pan Yongji, Zhu Yuanxu History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 50
- 卷十一 志第三 樂 Volume 11 Treatises 3: Music Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 43
- 卷70 劉藻 傅永 傅竪眼 李神 Volume 70: Liu Zao, Fu Yong, Fu Shuyan, Li Shen Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 43
- 卷二十 志第十 樂二 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Music 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 42
- 卷一百三十四 志第八十七 樂九 Volume 134 Treatises 87: Music 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 41
- 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 38
- 卷三十 志第十: 音樂三 Volume 30 Treatises 10: Music 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 36
Collocations
- 灵公 (靈公) 刺靈公也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧陳‧株林 Lessons from the states - Odes of Chen - Zhu Lin — count: 63
- 许灵 (許靈) 許靈公為右 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 9
- 蔡灵 (蔡靈) 召蔡靈侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
- 灵龟 (靈龜) 舍爾靈龜 — Book of Changes 易經, 頤 Yi — count: 5
- 齐灵 (齊靈) 君子是以知齊靈公之為靈也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
- 君灵 (君靈) 敢藉君靈 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
- 子灵 (子靈) 宋公使向為人辭以子靈之難 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 5
- 晋灵 (晉靈) 晉靈公不君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
- 灵渊 (靈淵) 去此靈淵 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 4
- 灵巫 (靈巫) 靈巫或禱焉 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 迎敵祠 Book 15 - The Sacrifice against the Coming of the Enemy — count: 4