灵 (靈) líng

1. 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')
2. 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')
3. líng adjective spiritual; sacred
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 1, p. 276; Unihan '靈')
4. líng noun a witch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 女巫 (Guoyu '靈' n 1)
5. 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)
6. líng noun emotional spirit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 精神 (Guoyu '靈' n 4)
7. líng noun a very capable person
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '靈' n 5)
8. 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)
9. líng proper noun Ling
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '靈' n 7)
10. líng verb to be reasonable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '靈' v 1)
11. líng verb to bless and protect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 保佑 (Guoyu '靈' v 2)
12. 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)
13. líng adjective as predicted
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 应验 (Guoyu '靈' adj 2)
14. líng adjective beautiful; good
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 美好 (Guoyu '靈' adj 4)
15. líng adjective quick witted; clever; alert; intelligent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '灵' 5)
16. líng adjective having divine awareness
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 3, p. 276)
17. líng adjective supernatural; unearthly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 1a, p. 276)

Contained in

• 灵柩(靈柩) a coffin containing a corpse
• 灵长目(靈長目) primates
• 灵恩(靈恩) Charismatic Christianity
• 泛灵论(泛靈論) animism
• 阿灵顿(阿靈頓) Arrington
• 祖灵纹(祖靈紋) ancestral soul motif
• 小精灵(小精靈) elf
• 荼毒生灵(荼毒生靈) to torment the people
• 神灵(神靈) a god; a spirit; a demon; a deity ; magical; mystical
• 灵泛(靈泛) nimble; agile
• 阿斯匹灵(阿斯匹靈) aspirin
• 灵窍(靈竅) clever
• 万应灵丹(萬應靈丹) panacea
• 灵醒(靈醒) (of senses, mind etc) alert; keen; clear-minded
• 灵异(靈異) deity; monster
• 灵感触发图(靈感觸發圖) mind map
• 活灵活现(活靈活現) lifelike in spirit and image
• 圣灵降临(聖靈降臨) Pentecost
• 灵命(靈命) the will of Heaven; the will of God
• 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
• 黑百灵(黑百靈) black lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
• 灵通(靈通) fast and abundant (news); clever; effective
• 灵性(靈性) spirituality
• 圣灵(聖靈) Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit
• 灵符(靈符) a Daoist talisman
• 心灵感应(心靈感應) telepathy
• 灵长类(靈長類) a primate
• 灵丹妙药(靈丹妙藥) a miraculous cure
• 长嘴百灵(長嘴百靈) Tibetan lark (Melanocorypha maxima)
• 灵犀(靈犀) rhinoceros horn ; mutual sensitivity; tacit exchange of romantic feelings; a meeting of minds
• 灵巧(靈巧) dexterous
• 除灵(除靈) to expel spirits; to end the period of mourning
• 灵药(靈藥) legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; wonder solution to a problem
• 灵体(靈體) soul
• 灵堂(靈堂) mourning hall; funeral hall
• 白翅百灵(白翅百靈) white-winged lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)
• 灵活(靈活) flexible; nimble; agile
• 万灵节(萬靈節) All Saints' Day
• 威灵(威靈) authority; prestige; supernatural spirit

Also contained in

闪灵 、 灵武 、 广灵县 、 灵台 、 灵石 、 灵寿县 、 灵川县 、 图灵奖 、 赵武灵王 、 灵武市 、 蓝精灵 、 灵宝市

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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
• 卷十一 志第三 樂 Volume 11 Treatises 3: Music Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — 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
• 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
• 灵龟 (靈龜) 舍爾靈龜 — Book of Changes 易經, 頤 Yi — 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
• 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
• 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
• 弑灵 (弒靈) 弒靈公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 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
• 灵侯 (靈侯) 弒靈侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4