灵 (靈) líng
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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') -
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') -
adjective
spiritual; sacred
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 1, p. 276; Unihan '靈') -
noun
a witch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 女巫 (Guoyu '靈' n 1) -
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) -
noun
emotional spirit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 精神 (Guoyu '靈' n 4) -
noun
a very capable person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '靈' n 5) -
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) -
proper noun
Ling
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '靈' n 7) -
verb
to be reasonable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '靈' v 1) -
verb
to bless and protect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 保佑 (Guoyu '靈' v 2) -
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) -
adjective
as predicted
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 应验 (Guoyu '靈' adj 2) -
adjective
beautiful; good
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 美好 (Guoyu '靈' adj 4) -
adjective
quick witted; clever; alert; intelligent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '灵' 5) -
adjective
having divine awareness
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 3, p. 276) -
adjective
supernatural; unearthly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '灵' 1a, p. 276) -
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
- 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
- 灵根寺(靈根寺) Linggen Temple
- 灵曜寺(靈曜寺) Lingyao Temple
- 灵鹫寺(靈鷲寺) Lingjiu Temple
- 灵树(靈樹) Lingshu
- 五百罗汉 (灵山胜境)(五百羅漢 (靈山勝境)) Five Hundred Arhat Garden
- 灵山胜会(靈山勝會) Assembly on the Spiritual Mountain
- 灵光寺(靈光寺) Lingguang Temple
- 灵雀寺(靈雀寺) Nyitso Monastery
- 灵树禅师(靈樹禪師) Chan Master Lingshu
- 聪敏灵巧(聰敏靈巧) Be Smart and Agile
- 灵山会上(靈山會上) Vulture Peak Assembly
Also contained in
灵川 、 灵山县 、 灵运 、 广灵县 、 守灵 、 灵猫 、 灵的世界 、 精灵 、 英灵 、 灵快 、 灵丘 、 灵王 、 机灵 、 灵武市 、 性灵 、 广灵 、 小精灵 、 圣灵降临 、 灵璧 、 幽灵 、 灵媒 、 活灵活现 、 山青水灵 、 灵台县 、 灵感触发图 、 神灵 、 孙伯灵 、 灵气疗法 、 灵石县 、 灵骨塔 、 轻灵 、 通灵板 、 灵帝崩 、 消息灵通 、 灵台 、 四灵 、 邪灵 、 灵便 、 灵寿
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 5 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 32
- Scroll 2 Treasured Instructions of Chan Temples (Chanlin Baoxun) 禪林寶訓 — 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
- 灵耀 (靈耀) 靈耀於是沒 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 海灵 (海靈) 海靈 — Candraprabhakumāra (Fo Shuo Yueguang Tongzi Jing) 佛說月光童子經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 启灵 (啟靈) 啟靈管以通照 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 1 — count: 2