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Chinese
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alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence
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light; ray; bright
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trad. (靈光)
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靈
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光
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simp. (灵光)
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灵
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光
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Pronunciation
Noun
靈光
- divine light; divine radiance; numinous light
Derived terms
Adjective
靈光
- (Central Plains, Lanyin and Southwestern Mandarin, Wu) clever; quick-witted
- (Southwestern Mandarin, Wu, of a method) effective; good
- (Wu, of a prediction) accurate; correct
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)
- 精靈 / 精灵 (jīnglíng)
- 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)
- 鬼 (guǐ) (informal)
Dialectal synonyms of
靈驗 (“effective; efficacious”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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靈
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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靈驗, 靈
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Taiwan
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靈驗
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Wanrong
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靈
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Xi'an
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靈, 靈應
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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靈, 靈光
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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靈擎
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Hong Kong
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靈, 靈擎
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Taishan
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靈
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Dongguan
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靈擎
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Gan
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Lichuan
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靈
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Pingxiang
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靈
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Hakka
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Meixian
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靈擎, 靈驗
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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靈, 靈光
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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靈感, 靈
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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靈, 靈影
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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靈聖
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Quanzhou
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靈聖
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Zhangzhou
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靈聖
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Tainan
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靈聖
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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靈
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Shantou
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靈驗, 靈
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Leizhou
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靈
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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靈
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Wu
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Shanghai
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靈, 靈光, 靈泛
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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靈
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Suzhou
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靈
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Danyang
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靈光
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Hangzhou
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靈
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Ningbo
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靈
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Wenzhou
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靈, 靈光
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Derived terms