靈性

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (靈性)		靈	性
simp. (灵性)		灵	性
anagram		性靈／性灵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ sing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn-sin
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língsìng
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-hsing⁴
    • Yale: líng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingshinq
    • Palladius: линсин (linsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ sing³
    • Yale: lìhng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-sin
    • Hakka Romanization System: lin^ˇ xin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin² xin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹ sin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

靈性

1. spiritual nature of a being; spirituality
2. wisdom; wit; intelligence

Synonyms

• (spiritual nature of a being): 靈氣／灵气 (língqì)
• (wisdom): 慧心 (huìxīn), 智慧 (zhìhuì)