靈活

See also: 灵活

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (靈活)		靈	活
simp. (灵活)		灵	活

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): línghuó

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ wut⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lêng-oa̍h / lêng-oa̍t / lêng-hoa̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ uah⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: línghuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: línghuó
  - Wade–Giles: ling²-huo²
  - Yale: líng-hwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linghwo
  - Palladius: линхо (linxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ wut⁶
  - Yale: lìhng wuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ wut⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ wud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ wuːt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-oa̍h
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-ua̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leng'oah
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ uaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² uaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² uaʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² uaʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ uaʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-oa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-ua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leng'oat
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ uat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ uat̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-hoa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-hua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lenghoat
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ huat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêng⁵ uah⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng ua̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ uaʔ⁴/

Adjective

靈活

agile; nimble
flexible (changeable in response to altered circumstances)

Synonyms

(agile):

便利 (biànlì) (literary)
便捷 (biànjié)
利索 (lìsuo) (colloquial)
利落 (lìluo)
快手 (faai³ sau²) (Cantonese)
手快 (shǒukuài)
敏捷 (mǐnjié)
機動／机动 (jīdòng)
緊手／紧手 (Hokkien)
緊跤捷手／紧跤捷手 (Hokkien)
輕快／轻快 (qīngkuài)
靈便／灵便 (língbiàn)
靈利／灵利 (línglì) (literary)
靈巧／灵巧 (língqiǎo)
靈敏／灵敏 (língmǐn)
麻利 (málì) (colloquial)

(flexible): 活 (huó), 彈性／弹性 (tánxìng)

Derived terms

活靈活現／活灵活现 (huólínghuóxiàn)
靈活化／灵活化 (línghuóhuà)
靈活性／灵活性 (línghuóxìng)

Related terms

變通／变通 (biàntōng)