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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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 1 Nan Yue Zong Sheng Ji 南嶽總勝集 — count: 60
  • Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 50
  • Scroll 2 Nan Yue Zong Sheng Ji 南嶽總勝集 — count: 48
  • Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 45
  • Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 43
  • Scroll 15 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 41 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 35
  • Scroll 30 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 33 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Treasured Instructions of Chan Temples (Chanlin Baoxun) 禪林寶訓 — count: 32
  • Scroll 5 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 32

Collocations

  • 灵鸟 (靈鳥) 佛在王舍城靈鳥山 — Sutra on the Magician Bhadra (Huan Shi Ren Xian Jing) 佛說幻士仁賢經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 灵禽 (靈禽) 異獸靈禽無不具足 — Zhong Xu Mohe Di Jing 佛本行集經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 灵神 (靈神) 父母靈神 — Pusa Toushen Yi E Hu Qi Ta Yinyuan Jing 菩薩投身飴餓虎起塔因緣經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 济生灵 (濟生靈) 彼心布施須濟生靈 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 8 — count: 3
  • 正因灵 (正因靈) 雖有正因靈覺之性 — Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經, Scroll 3 — count: 3
  • 灵耀 (靈耀) 靈耀於是沒 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
  • 灵化 (靈化) 而云欲知靈化所往受身之土 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 8 — count: 3
  • 海灵 (海靈) 海靈 — Candraprabhakumāra (Fo Shuo Yueguang Tongzi Jing) 佛說月光童子經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 灵觉 (靈覺) 雖有正因靈覺之性 — Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經, Scroll 3 — count: 3
  • 南无灵 (南無靈) 南無靈目佛 — Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經, Scroll 1 — count: 2