靈津

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	Tianjin; ferry
trad. (靈津)		靈	津
simp. (灵津)		灵	津

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ zeon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língjin
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-chin¹
    • Yale: líng-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingjin
    • Palladius: линцзинь (linczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ zeon¹
    • Yale: lìhng jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ dzoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ zên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ t͡sɵn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: leng tsin

Rime
Character	靈	津
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	郎丁切	將鄰切
Baxter	leng	tsin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leŋ/	/t͡siɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/leŋ/	/t͡sin/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛŋ/	/t͡sjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjŋ/	/t͡sin/
Li Rong	/leŋ/	/t͡siĕn/
Wang Li	/lieŋ/	/t͡sĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieŋ/	/t͡si̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng	jīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4	zan1

Noun

靈津

1. (literary) Milky Way
2. (Taoism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.