Chinese edit

 
alert; departed soul; efficacious
alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence
 
to decorate; to embellish; to repair
to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate
trad. (靈修)
simp. (灵修)
alternative forms 靈脩灵脩

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (16)
Final () (125) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter leng sjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leŋ/ /sɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/leŋ/ /siu/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛŋ/ /siəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛjŋ/ /suw/
Li
Rong
/leŋ/ /siu/
Wang
Li
/lieŋ/ /sĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieŋ/ /si̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng xiū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4 sau1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
líng xiū
Middle
Chinese
‹ leng › ‹ sjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*[r]ˁeŋ/ /*s-liw/
English supernatural adorn

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8259 15475
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːŋ/ /*slɯw/

Noun edit

靈修

  1. (literary) wise and insightful person
  2. (literary, figurative) king; ruler
  3. (literary) god; goddess