灵 (靈) líng

  1. líng adjective agile; nimble
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 机敏 (Guoyu '靈' adj 3; NCCED '灵' 6; Unihan '靈')
  2. líng noun spirit; soul; life principle
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 魂魄 (Guoyu '靈' n 3; Kroll 2015 '灵' 2, p. 276; NCCED '灵' 2; Unihan '靈')
  3. líng adjective spiritual; sacred
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 1, p. 276; Unihan '靈')
  4. líng noun a witch
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 女巫 (Guoyu '靈' n 1)
  5. líng noun spirits and devils; demons; gods; a deity
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 鬼神 (Guoyu '靈' n 2; NCCED '灵' 1; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1465)
  6. líng noun emotional spirit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 精神 (Guoyu '靈' n 4)
  7. líng noun a very capable person
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '靈' n 5)
  8. líng noun a coffin containing a corpse
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 灵柩 (Guoyu '靈' n 6; NCCED '灵' 3)
  9. líng proper noun Ling
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '靈' n 7)
  10. líng verb to be reasonable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '靈' v 1)
  11. líng verb to bless and protect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 保佑 (Guoyu '靈' v 2)
  12. líng adjective wonderful; auspicious
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 神妙 (Guoyu '靈' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '灵' 4, p. 276; NCCED '灵' 4)
  13. líng adjective as predicted
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 应验 (Guoyu '靈' adj 2)
  14. líng adjective beautiful; good
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 美好 (Guoyu '靈' adj 4)
  15. líng adjective quick witted; clever; alert; intelligent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '灵' 5)
  16. líng adjective having divine awareness
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 3, p. 276)
  17. líng adjective supernatural; unearthly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 1a, p. 276)
  18. líng noun spirit; soul; preta
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: preta, Japanese: rei, or: ryō (BCSD '靈', p. 1243; DJBT '靈', p. 430; MW 'preta'; SH '靈', p. 489)

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