靈牌

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Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
trad. (靈牌)		靈	牌
simp. (灵牌)		灵	牌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): língpái

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ paai⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-pâi
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin-ba

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: língpái
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: língpái
  - Wade–Giles: ling²-pʻai²
  - Yale: líng-pái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingpair
  - Palladius: линпай (linpaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ paai⁴
  - Yale: lìhng pàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ paai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ pai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ pʰaːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-pâi
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-pâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengpaai
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² pai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² pai¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lin-ba
  - MiniDict: lin^去 ba
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin-ba
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²² ba⁴⁴/

Noun

靈牌

spirit tablet
- 隨即取靈牌和紙錢燒化了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  随即取灵牌和纸钱烧化了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE
  Suíjí qǔ língpái hé zhǐqián shāohuà le.
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- 那婦人歸到家中樓上去，設個靈牌，上寫：『亡夫武大郎之靈』。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  那妇人归到家中楼上去，设个灵牌，上写：『亡夫武大郎之灵』。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Plum in the Golden Vase, circa 1610 CE
  Nà fùrén guī dào jiāzhōng lóushàng qù, shè ge língpái, shàng xiě: ‘Wángfū Wǔ Dàláng zhī líng’.
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Synonyms

靈位／灵位 (língwèi)
神主 (shénzhǔ)

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