靈堂

See also: 灵堂

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	(main) hall; large room
trad. (靈堂)		靈	堂
simp. (灵堂)		灵	堂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língtáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ tong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-tn̂g / lêng-tông

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língtáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língtáng
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-tʻang²
    • Yale: líng-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingtarng
    • Palladius: линтан (lintan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ tong⁴
    • Yale: lìhng tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengd'ngg
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-tông
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengdoong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² tɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/

Noun

靈堂

1. mourning hall, funeral hall; a place where people mourn the death of a loved one or an honourable individual

   他一進靈堂，就跪下大哭。 [MSC, trad.]
   他一进灵堂，就跪下大哭。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā yī jìn língtáng, jiù guìxià dàkū. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

• “Entry #65589”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.