灵 (靈) líng
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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') -
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') -
líng
adjective
spiritual; sacred
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 1, p. 276; Unihan '靈') -
líng
noun
a witch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 女巫 (Guoyu '靈' n 1) -
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) -
líng
noun
emotional spirit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 精神 (Guoyu '靈' n 4) -
líng
noun
a very capable person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '靈' n 5) -
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) -
líng
proper noun
Ling
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '靈' n 7) -
líng
verb
to be reasonable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '靈' v 1) -
líng
verb
to bless and protect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 保佑 (Guoyu '靈' v 2) -
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) -
líng
adjective
as predicted
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 应验 (Guoyu '靈' adj 2) -
líng
adjective
beautiful; good
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 美好 (Guoyu '靈' adj 4) -
líng
adjective
quick witted; clever; alert; intelligent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '灵' 5) -
líng
adjective
having divine awareness
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 3, p. 276) -
líng
adjective
supernatural; unearthly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 1a, p. 276) -
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)
Contained in
- 灵期寺(靈期寺) Lingqi Temple
- 佛说八大灵塔名号经(佛說八大靈塔名號經) Aṣṭamahāsthānacaityastotra; Fo Shuo Ba Da Ling Ta Minghao Jing
- 灵光(靈光) the favor of the emperor ; spiritual light; divine light
- 灵山(靈山) Spiritual Mountain ; Gṛdhrakūtaparvata; Grdhrakuta; Gṛdhrakūṭa; Gijjha-kūta; Vulture Peak
- 灵嘉寺(靈嘉寺) Lingjai Temple
- 灵树(靈樹) Lingshu
- 灵瑞(靈瑞) udumbara
- 非灵魂(非靈魂) lifeless; ajīva
- 灵树如敏(靈樹如敏) Lingshu Rumin
- 灵山胜境(靈山勝境) Vulture Peak
Also contained in
细嘴短趾百灵 、 灵药 、 百灵鸟 、 灵宝市 、 万应灵丹 、 泛灵论 、 灵只 、 灵芝 、 亡灵 、 凤头百灵 、 黑百灵 、 灵秀 、 灵川 、 轻灵 、 汉灵帝 、 灵猫 、 冥顽不灵 、 蕴识怀灵 、 灵犀相通 、 灵宅 、 灵通 、 灵性 、 灵台 、 灵符 、 草原百灵 、 万灵丹 、 广灵县 、 威灵 、 灵丹妙药 、 通灵 、 大短趾百灵 、 灵川县 、 孙伯灵 、 水灵 、 灵界 、 白翅百灵 、 心灵 、 灵王 、 灵鹫 、 除灵 、 灵牌
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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