靈機

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (靈機)		靈	機
simp. (灵机)		灵	机
anagram		機靈／机灵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língji
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-chi¹
    • Yale: líng-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingji
    • Palladius: линцзи (linczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ gei¹
    • Yale: lìhng gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-ki
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

靈機

1. sudden inspiration; brainwave

Derived terms

• 妙發靈機 / 妙发灵机
• 靈機一動 / 灵机一动 (língjīyīdòng)