神靈

See also: 神灵

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence
trad. (神靈)		神	靈
simp. (神灵)		神	灵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénlíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ ling⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénlíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénlíng
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-ling²
    • Yale: shén-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernling
    • Palladius: шэньлин (šɛnʹlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ ling⁴
    • Yale: sàhn lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ lɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinleeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: zyin leng

Rime
Character	神	靈
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	食鄰切	郎丁切
Baxter	zyin	leng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiɪn/	/leŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑin/	/leŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑjen/	/lɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑin/	/lɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiĕn/	/leŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭĕn/	/lieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/	/lieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shén	líng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san4	ling4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.li[n]  [r]ˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hlin  reːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	神	靈
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shén	líng
Middle Chinese	‹ zyin ›	‹ leng ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.li[n]/	/*[r]ˁeŋ/
English	spirit	supernatural
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	神	靈
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11245	8259
Phonetic component	申	霝
Rime group	眞	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	神	靈
Old Chinese	/*hlin/	/*reːŋ/

Noun

神靈

1. gods; deities; divinities

   崇拜神靈／崇拜神灵  ―  chóngbài shénlíng  ―  to adore gods

   • 如實論之，卜筮不問天地，蓍龜未必神靈。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     如实论之，卜筮不问天地，蓍龟未必神灵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE

     Rúshí lùn zhī, bǔshì bùwèn tiāndì, shīguī wèibì shénlíng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. spirits