性靈

See also: 性灵

Chinese

		sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity	alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence
trad. (性靈)		性	靈
simp. (性灵)		性	灵
anagram		靈性／灵性

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnglíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ ling⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìnglíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnglíng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-ling²
    • Yale: syìng-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqling
    • Palladius: синлин (sinlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sing³ ling⁴
    • Yale: sing lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ lɪŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 性靈／性灵 聖靈／圣灵

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangleeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ²⁴/

Noun

性靈

1. (literary) personality; temperament; character
2. (Buddhism) soul
3. spirituality

Adjective

性靈

1. (literary) intelligent; bright; brilliant

Synonyms

• 乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
• 了了 (liǎoliǎo) (literary)
• 伶俐 (línglì)
• 奢遮 (Wu, of a child)
• 宿鬼 (Hokkien)
• 敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
• 明慧 (mínghuì)
• 明智 (míngzhì)
• 機敏／机敏 (jīmǐn)
• 機智／机智 (jīzhì)
• 機穎／机颖 (literary)
• 機警／机警 (jījǐng)
• 機靈／机灵
• 活絡／活络 (Wu)
• 睿智 (ruìzhì)
• 穎異／颖异 (yǐngyì) (formal)
• 精濟／精济 (Hokkien, of a child)
• 精靈／精灵 (jīnglíng)
• 精齊／精齐 (Hokkien, of a child)
• 聰慧／聪慧 (cōnghuì)
• 聰敏／聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
• 聰明／聪明 (cōngmíng)
• 聰穎／聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (formal)
• 英明 (yīngmíng)
• 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
• 靈／灵 (líng)
• 靈光／灵光 (⁶lin-kuaon) (Wu)
• 鬼 (guǐ) (informal)

 

Derived terms

• 性靈說／性灵说
• 獨抒性靈／独抒性灵 (dúshūxìnglíng)