靈獸

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	beast; quadruped
trad. (靈獸)		靈	獸
simp. (灵兽)		灵	兽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língshòu
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-shou⁴
    • Yale: líng-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingshow
    • Palladius: линшоу (linšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

靈獸

1. (mythology) auspicious beast

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (靈獸):

• → Japanese: 霊獣(れいじゅう) (reijū)
• → Korean: 령수(靈獸) (ryeongsu), 영수(靈獸) (yeongsu)