靈魂

See also: 灵魂

Chinese

	alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	soul
trad. (靈魂)	靈	魂
simp. (灵魂)	灵	魂
anagram	魂靈／魂灵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): línghún

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ wan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn-fùn
Eastern Min (BUC): lìng-hùng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lêng-hûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ hung⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin-wen

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: línghún
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: línghún
  - Wade–Giles: ling²-hun²
  - Yale: líng-hwún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linghwen
  - Palladius: линхунь (linxunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ xu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ wan⁴
  - Yale: lìhng wàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ wan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ wen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ wɐn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-fùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: lin^ˇ fun^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lin² fun²
  - Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹ fun¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng-hùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(h-)ŋuŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-hûn
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-hûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lenghuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² hun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ hun²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêng⁵ hung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng hûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lin-wen
  - MiniDict: lin^去 wen
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin-hhun
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²² ɦuən⁴⁴/

Noun

靈魂

soul; spirit
- 他使我的靈魂甦醒，為自己的名引導我走義路。 [MSC, trad.]
  他使我的灵魂苏醒，为自己的名引导我走义路。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 詩篇 (Psalm) 23:3
  Tā shǐ wǒ de línghún sūxǐng, wèi zìjǐ de míng yǐndǎo wǒ zǒu yì lù. [Pinyin]
  He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
thoughts; thinking
integrity; conscience
(figurative) key factor

Synonyms

(soul): 魂靈／魂灵 (húnlíng); (Wu) 魂靈／魂灵; 魂靈頭／魂灵头; 魂靈心／魂灵心; 靈心／灵心
(integrity):

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人心 (rénxīn)
人性 (rénxìng)
天良 (tiānliáng)
本心 (běnxīn)
良心 (liángxīn)
良知 (liángzhī)

Derived terms

靈魂之窗 / 灵魂之窗
靈魂人物 / 灵魂人物 (línghún rénwù)
靈魂伴侶 / 灵魂伴侣 (línghún bànlǚ)
靈魂樂 / 灵魂乐 (línghúnyuè)

Adjective

靈魂

(neologism, chiefly ACG, attributive, of people) doing abstract or incomprehensible things
靈魂畫師／灵魂画师 ― línghún huàshī ― an illustrator who draws ugly drawings

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (靈魂):

→ Japanese: 霊魂(れいこん) (reikon)
→ Korean: 령혼(靈魂) (ryeonghon), 영혼(靈魂) (yeonghon)
→ Vietnamese: linh hồn (靈魂)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
靈	魂
れい Hyōgai	こん Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

靈(れい)魂(こん) • (reikon)

Kyūjitai form of 霊魂 (“soul”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
靈	魂

Noun

靈魂 • (yeonghon) (hangeul 영혼)

hanja form^? of 영혼 (“soul”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
靈	魂

Noun

靈魂

chữ Hán form of linh hồn (“soul”)