精靈
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Chinese
Pronunciation 1
energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient |
alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (精靈) | 精 | 靈 | |
| simp. (精灵) | 精 | 灵 | |
| anagram | 靈精／灵精 | ||
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zing1 ling4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-lêng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jīnglíng
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jinglíng
- Wade–Giles: ching1-ling2
- Yale: jīng-líng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingling
- Palladius: цзинлин (czinlin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zing1 ling4
- Yale: jīng lìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzing1 ling4
- Guangdong Romanization: jing1 ling4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-lêng
- Tâi-lô: tsing-lîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zengleeng
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Noun
精靈
- (mythology) demon; spirit
- (mythology) elf
- (computing, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan) wizard (a program routine designed to assist with a certain task)
- (computer graphics) sprite
Synonyms
- (demon):
- 凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
- 凶神 (xiōngshén) (literally or figuratively)
- 妖 (yāo)
- 妖孽 (yāoniè)
- 妖怪 (yāoguài)
- 妖物 (yāowù)
- 妖精 (yāojīng)
- 妖鬼 (yāoguǐ)
- 妖魔 (yāomó)
- 孽 (niè) (literary, or in compounds)
- 怪物 (guàiwu)
- 惡魔 / 恶魔 (èmó) (literally or figuratively)
- 煞 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 煞神 (shàshén) (literary, literally or figuratively)
- 精怪 (jīngguài)
- 邪魔 (xiémó)
- 魔 (mó) (literary, or in compounds)
- 魔障 (mózhàng) (Buddhism)
- 魔鬼 (móguǐ) (literally or figuratively)
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (精靈):
Pronunciation 2
energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient |
alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (精靈) | 精 | 靈 | |
| simp. (精灵) | 精 | 灵 | |
| alternative forms | 精伶 | ||
| anagram | 靈精／灵精 | ||
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zing1 ling4-1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chîn-lìn
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-lêng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jīnglíng
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jinglíng
- Wade–Giles: ching1-ling2
- Yale: jīng-líng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingling
- Palladius: цзинлин (czinlin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zing1 ling4-1
- Yale: jīng līng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzing1 ling4-1
- Guangdong Romanization: jing1 ling4-1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chîn-lìn
- Hakka Romanization System: jinˊ linˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: jin1 lin2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sin²⁴ lin¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-lêng
- Tâi-lô: tsing-lîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zengleeng
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Adjective
精靈
Synonyms
- 乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
- 了了 (liǎoliǎo) (literary)
- 伶俐 (línglì)
- 儇 (Wu, of a child)
- 奢遮 (Wu, of a child)
- 宿鬼 (Hokkien)
- 性靈 / 性灵 (xìnglíng) (literary)
- 敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
- 明慧 (mínghuì)
- 明智 (míngzhì)
- 機敏 / 机敏 (jīmǐn)
- 機智 / 机智 (jīzhì)
- 機穎 / 机颖 (literary)
- 機警 / 机警 (jījǐng)
- 機靈 / 机灵
- 活絡 / 活络 (Wu)
- 睿智 (ruìzhì)
- 穎異 / 颖异 (yǐngyì) (formal)
- 精濟 / 精济 (Hokkien, of a child)
- 精齊 / 精齐 (Hokkien, of a child)
- 聰慧 / 聪慧 (cōnghuì)
- 聰敏 / 聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
- 聰明 / 聪明 (cōngmíng)
- 聰穎 / 聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (formal)
- 英明 (yīngmíng)
- 調皮 / 调皮 (tiáopí)
- 靈 / 灵 (líng)
- 靈光 / 灵光 (6lin-kuaon) (Wu)
- 鬼 (guǐ) (informal)
Dialectal synonyms of 聰明 (“clever; intelligent; smart; bright”)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 精 | 靈 |
| せい Grade: 5 |
れい Hyōgai |
| kan'on | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 精 | 靈 |
| しょう Grade: 5 |
りょう Hyōgai |
| goon | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 精靈 – see the following entry. | ||||
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| (This term, 精靈, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 精 | 靈 |
Noun
精靈 • (jeongnyeong) (hangeul 정령)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 精 | 靈 |
Noun
精靈