精靈

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See also: 精灵 and 精霊

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence
trad. (精靈)		精	靈
simp. (精灵)		精	灵
anagram		靈精／灵精

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精靈

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnglíng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄌㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ ling⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-lêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnglíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄌㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinglíng
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-ling²
  - Yale: jīng-líng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingling
  - Palladius: цзинлин (czinlin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ ling⁴
  - Yale: jīng lìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ ling⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ ling⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengleeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ liɪŋ²⁴/

Noun

精靈

(mythology) demon; spirit
(mythology) elf
(computing, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan) wizard (a program routine designed to assist with a certain task)
(computer graphics) sprite

Synonyms

(demon):

凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
凶神 (xiōngshén) (literally or figuratively)
妖 (yāo)
妖孽 (yāoniè)
妖怪 (yāoguài)
妖物 (yāowù)
妖精 (yāojīng)
妖鬼 (yāoguǐ)
妖魔 (yāomó)
孽 (niè) (literary, or in compounds)
怪物 (guàiwu)
惡魔／恶魔 (èmó) (literally or figuratively)
煞 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
煞神 (shàshén) (literary, literally or figuratively)
精怪 (jīngguài)
邪魔 (xiémó)
魔 (mó) (literary, or in compounds)
魔障 (mózhàng) (Buddhism)
魔鬼 (móguǐ) (literally or figuratively)

(sprite): 精靈圖／精灵图 (jīnglíngtú), 拼合圖／拼合图 (pīnhétú), 雪碧圖／雪碧图 (xuěbìtú)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (精靈):

→ Japanese: 精霊(せいれい) (seirei); 精霊(しょうりょう) (shōryō)
→ Korean: 정령(精靈) (jeongnyeong)
→ Vietnamese: tinh linh (精靈)

Pronunciation 2

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence
trad. (精靈)		精	靈
simp. (精灵)		精	灵
alternative forms		精伶
anagram		靈精／灵精

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnglíng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄌㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ ling^4-1
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chîn-lìn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-lêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnglíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄌㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinglíng
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-ling²
  - Yale: jīng-líng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingling
  - Palladius: цзинлин (czinlin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ ling^4-1
  - Yale: jīng līng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ ling^4-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ ling^4-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chîn-lìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: jin^ˊ lin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jin¹ lin²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sin²⁴ lin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengleeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ liɪŋ²⁴/

Adjective

精靈

clever; smart; intelligent

Synonyms

乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
了了 (liǎoliǎo) (literary)
伶俐 (línglì)
儇 (Wu, of a child)
奢遮 (Wu, of a child)
宿鬼 (Hokkien)
性靈／性灵 (xìnglíng) (literary)
敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
明慧 (mínghuì)
明智 (míngzhì)
機敏／机敏 (jīmǐn)
機智／机智 (jīzhì)
機穎／机颖 (literary)
機警／机警 (jījǐng)
機靈／机灵
活絡／活络 (Wu)
睿智 (ruìzhì)
穎異／颖异 (yǐngyì) (formal)
精濟／精济 (Hokkien, of a child)
精齊／精齐 (Hokkien, of a child)
聰慧／聪慧 (cōnghuì)
聰敏／聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
聰明／聪明 (cōngmíng)
聰穎／聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (formal)
英明 (yīngmíng)
調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
靈／灵 (líng)
靈光／灵光 (⁶lin-kuaon) (Wu)
鬼 (guǐ) (informal)

Dialectal synonyms of 聰明 (“clever; intelligent; smart; bright”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		聰明, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聰明, 機靈, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎, 聰慧
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	聰明
	Taiwan	聰明
	Malaysia	聰明
	Singapore	聰明
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	聰明
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	靈, 靈醒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	精靈, 聰明
	Wuhan	聰明
	Guilin	聰明
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	聰明
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	聰明
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
	Hong Kong	聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
	Taishan	聰明, 叻, 參
	Kaiping (Chikan)	叻
	Yangjiang	伶俐, 叻
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	精, 扮𠮨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	聰明, 精, 叻, 醒目, 扮𠮨
Gan	Nanchang	精靈, 聰明
Hakka	Meixian	聰明, 機靈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聰明
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聰明
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聰明
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聰明, 精
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聰明, 精
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聰明
	Kuching (Hepo)	將
Jin	Taiyuan	機靈, 聰明
Northern Min	Jian'ou	聰明
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	聰明
Southern Min	Xiamen	聰明
	Quanzhou	聰明, 骨, 骨鳥 derogatory
	Zhangzhou	聰明
	Taipei	聰明, 巧, 明白
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聰明, 𠢕, 勥, 醒目, 巧
	Manila (Hokkien)	巧, 勥, 𠢕
	Chaozhou	聰明
	Singapore (Teochew)	聰明
	Wenchang	精
	Singapore (Hainanese)	精
Wu	Suzhou	聰明
	Ningbo	聰明
	Wenzhou	靈, 聰明
Xiang	Changsha	靈泛, 聰明
Xiang	Shuangfeng	聰明

Japanese

Kanji in this term
精	靈
せい Grade: 5	れい Hyōgai
kan'on

Kanji in this term
精	靈
しょう Grade: 5	りょう Hyōgai
goon

Noun

精(せい)靈(れい) or 精(しょう)靈(りょう) • (seirei or shōryō)

Kyūjitai form of 精霊 (“spirit”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
精	靈

Noun

精靈 • (jeongnyeong) (hangeul 정령)

hanja form^? of 정령

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
精	靈

Noun

精靈

chữ Hán form of tinh linh.

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