百靈

Chinese

hundred
alert; departed soul; efficacious
alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence
 
trad. (百靈)
simp. (百灵)

Etymology

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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (37)
Final () (113) (125)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II IV
Fanqie
Baxter paek leng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠæk̚/ /leŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚak̚/ /leŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/pak̚/ /lɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/paɨjk̚/ /lɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/pɐk̚/ /leŋ/
Wang
Li
/pɐk̚/ /lieŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pɐk̚/ /lieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bo líng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bak1 ling4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bǎi líng
Middle
Chinese
‹ pæk › ‹ leng ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁrak/ /*[r]ˁeŋ/
English hundred supernatural

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 194 8259
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*praːɡ/ /*reːŋ/

Noun

百靈

  1. () lark (Alaudidae)
  2. () Melanocorypha
  3. (literary) all kinds of deities; hundreds of spirits

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 二斑百靈 / 二斑百灵
  • 歌百靈 / 歌百灵
  • 沙百靈 / 沙百灵
  • 百靈鳥 / 百灵鸟 (bǎilíngniǎo)
  • 草原百靈 / 草原百灵
  • 蒙古百靈 / 蒙古百灵
  • 角百靈 / 角百灵
  • 黑百靈 / 黑百灵

Descendants

  • Dongxiang: bailin

Verb

百靈

  1. (Puxian Min) to chat

Synonyms

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “百灵”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 35.