靈河

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	river
trad. (靈河)		靈	河
simp. (灵河)		灵	河

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línghé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línghé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línghé
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-ho²
    • Yale: líng-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingher
    • Palladius: линхэ (linxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ ho⁴
    • Yale: lìhng hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ hɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: leng ha

Rime
Character	靈	河
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	郎丁切	胡歌切
Baxter	leng	ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leŋ/	/ɦɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/leŋ/	/ɦɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛŋ/	/ɣɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjŋ/	/ɦa/
Li Rong	/leŋ/	/ɣɑ/
Wang Li	/lieŋ/	/ɣɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieŋ/	/ɣɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4	ho4

Noun

靈河

1. (literary) Milky Way