邪靈

Chinese

		daemonical; iniquitous; nefarious	alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence
trad. (邪靈)		邪	靈
simp. (邪灵)		邪	灵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiélíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce⁴ ling⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sià-lìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâ-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiélíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siélíng
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²-ling²
    • Yale: syé-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyeling
    • Palladius: селин (selin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce⁴ ling⁴
    • Yale: chèh lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse⁴ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé⁴ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː²¹ lɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sià-lìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiaˇ linˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xia² lin²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯a¹¹ lin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâ-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: siâ-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sialeeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /sia²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/

Noun

邪靈

1. evil spirit; malspecter

Synonyms

• 惡靈／恶灵 (èlíng)

Antonyms

• 善靈／善灵 (shànlíng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (邪靈):

• → Japanese: 邪霊(じゃれい) (jarei)
• → Korean: 사령(邪靈) (saryeong)
• → Vietnamese: tà linh (邪靈)