靈聖
Chinese
alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence |
holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (靈聖) | 靈 | 聖 | |
| simp. (灵圣) | 灵 | 圣 | |
| alternative forms | 灵聖 靈詳／灵详 Hokkien | ||
| anagram | 聖靈／圣灵 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: língshèng
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: língshèng
- Wade–Giles: ling2-shêng4
- Yale: líng-shèng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingshenq
- Palladius: линшэн (linšɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /liŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-siàⁿ
- Tâi-lô: lîng-siànn
- Phofsit Daibuun: lengsviax
- IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siã²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siã⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² siã²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siã¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ siã²¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
靈聖
- (literary) supernatural vision
Adjective
靈聖
- (archaic or Hokkien) effective; efficacious
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 靈驗 (“effective; efficacious”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 靈 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 靈驗, 靈 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 靈驗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 靈 |
| Xi'an | 靈, 靈應 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 靈, 靈光 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 靈擎 |
| Hong Kong | 靈, 靈擎 | |
| Taishan | 靈 | |
| Dongguan | 靈擎 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 靈 |
| Pingxiang | 靈 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 靈擎, 靈驗 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 靈, 靈光 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 靈感, 靈 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 靈, 靈影 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 靈聖 |
| Quanzhou | 靈聖 | |
| Zhangzhou | 靈聖 | |
| Tainan | 靈聖 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 靈 | |
| Shantou | 靈驗, 靈 | |
| Leizhou | 靈 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 靈 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 靈, 靈光, 靈泛 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 靈 | |
| Suzhou | 靈 | |
| Danyang | 靈光 | |
| Hangzhou | 靈 | |
| Ningbo | 靈 | |
| Wenzhou | 靈, 靈光 | |