靈牌

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
trad. (靈牌)		靈	牌
simp. (灵牌)		灵	牌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língpái

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ paai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-pâi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin-ba

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língpái
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língpái
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-pʻai²
    • Yale: líng-pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingpair
    • Palladius: линпай (linpaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ paai⁴
    • Yale: lìhng pàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ paai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ pai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ pʰaːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-pâi
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-pâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengpaai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² pai¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lin-ba
    • MiniDict: lin^去 ba
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin-ba
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²² ba⁴⁴/

Noun

靈牌

1. spirit tablet

   • 隨即取靈牌和紙錢燒化了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     随即取灵牌和纸钱烧化了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE

     Suíjí qǔ língpái hé zhǐqián shāohuà le. [Pinyin]

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   • 那婦人歸到家中樓上去，設個靈牌，上寫：『亡夫武大郎之靈』。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     那妇人归到家中楼上去，设个灵牌，上写：『亡夫武大郎之灵』。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Plum in the Golden Vase, circa 1610 CE

     Nà fùrén guī dào jiāzhōng lóushàng qù, shè ge língpái, shàng xiě: ‘Wángfū Wǔ Dàláng zhī líng’. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• 靈位／灵位 (língwèi)
• 神主 (shénzhǔ)