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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 靈 (“spirit; soul”).
Adjective
linh
- (informal, of a person) unexpectedly appearing as soon as you speak of them
Cái thằng này linh thiệt! Tụi tao vừa mới nhắc mày là mày tới liền!- You literally are the devil! We were just talking about you and you showed up!
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 零 (“zero”).
Numeral
linh
- (cardinal number, only in compounds, only in the tenths, ten-thousandths, etc. places) zero; oh
- Một trăm linh hai
- One hundred and two (102)
- Hai nghìn (không trăm) linh tư
- Two thousand and four (2004)
- Bảy nghìn năm trăm linh chín
- Seven thousand five hundred and nine (7509)
Usage notes
- lẻ is preferred in Southern dialects
See also
Romanization
linh
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 令 (“to cause someone or something to do or be something”)
1940, Trần Trọng Kim, Phật lục, Ed. Le-Thang, page 43:Vị độ giả, linh độ 未 度 者，令 度: Ai chưa độ, thì khiến được độ.- Wèi dù zhě, lìng dù 未度者，令度: Set free those who are not yet free.
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *lilᴮ (“pangolin”). Cognate with Thai ลิ่น (lîn).
Pronunciation
Noun
linh (Sawndip forms 獜 or 狑 or 粦 or 鱗 or 𭸓 or 𤞼, 1957–1982 spelling linƅ)
- pangolin