靈貓

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	cat
trad. (靈貓)		靈	貓
simp. (灵猫)		灵	猫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língmāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ maau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língmāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língmao
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-mao¹
    • Yale: líng-māu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingmhau
    • Palladius: линмао (linmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ maau¹
    • Yale: lìhng māau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ maau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ mao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ maːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

靈貓

1. civets in the family Viverridae

Synonyms

• 香貍／香狸
• 麝貓／麝猫 (shèmāo)
• 麝香貓／麝香猫 (shèxiāngmāo)

Derived terms

• 大靈貓／大灵猫 (dàlíngmāo)
• 小靈貓／小灵猫 (xiǎolíngmāo)