靈漢

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	Chinese; name of a dynasty; man
trad. (靈漢)		靈	漢
simp. (灵汉)		灵	汉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línghàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ hon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línghàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línghàn
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-han⁴
    • Yale: líng-hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linghann
    • Palladius: линхань (linxanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ xän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ hon³
    • Yale: lìhng hon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ hon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ hon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ hɔːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: leng xanH

Rime
Character	靈	漢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	郎丁切	呼旰切
Baxter	leng	xanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leŋ/	/hɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/leŋ/	/hɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛŋ/	/xɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjŋ/	/hanH/
Li Rong	/leŋ/	/xɑnH/
Wang Li	/lieŋ/	/xɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieŋ/	/xɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng	hàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4	hon3

Noun

靈漢

1. (literary) Milky Way