靈堂

See also: 灵堂

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	(main) hall; large room
trad. (靈堂)		靈	堂
simp. (灵堂)		灵	堂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): língtáng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ tong⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-tn̂g / lêng-tông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: língtáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: língtáng
  - Wade–Giles: ling²-tʻang²
  - Yale: líng-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingtarng
  - Palladius: линтан (lintan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ tong⁴
  - Yale: lìhng tòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ tong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ tong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-tn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-tn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengd'ngg
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-tông
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-tông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengdoong
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² tɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/

Noun

靈堂

mourning hall, funeral hall; a place where people mourn the death of a loved one or an honourable individual
他一進靈堂，就跪下大哭。 [MSC, trad.]
他一进灵堂，就跪下大哭。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā yī jìn língtáng, jiù guìxià dàkū. [Pinyin]
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References

“靈堂”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.