陵寢

See also: 陵寝

Chinese

		mound; tomb; hill mound; tomb; hill; mountain	lie down
trad. (陵寢)		陵	寢
simp. (陵寝)		陵	寝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língqǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ cam²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-chhím

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língqǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língcǐn
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-chʻin³
    • Yale: líng-chǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingchiin
    • Palladius: линцинь (lincinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ cam²
    • Yale: lìhng chám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ tsam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ cem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɐm³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-chhím
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-tshím
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengchiem
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰim⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰim⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰim⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰim⁴¹/

Noun

陵寢

1. (literary) the emperor or king's final resting place; mausoleum; tomb

   • 麗祖古陵寢，石上大字題。象設半埋沒，荒草何萋萋。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: Poem by 成任 (Seong Im), circa 1476

     여조고능침 석상대자제 설상반매몰 황초하처처
     Yeojo go neungchim, seok sang daeja je. Seolsang ban maemol, hwangcho ha cheocheo. [Sino-Korean]

     On Taejo of Goryeo's ancient tomb, great letters are inscribed on the stone. But the statues are half buried in the earth, and how can the weeds be so thick?

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (陵寢):

• → Korean: 능침(陵寢) (neungchim), 릉침(陵寢) (reungchim)
• → Vietnamese: lăng tẩm (陵寢)