靈驗

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	to examine; to test; to check
trad. (靈驗)		靈	驗
simp. (灵验)		灵	验

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língyàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ jim⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lin² ngiam⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-giām

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ ngiam⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língyàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língyàn
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-yen⁴
    • Yale: líng-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingyann
    • Palladius: линъянь (linʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ jim⁶
    • Yale: lìhng yihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ jim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ yim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ jiːm²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lin² ngiam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹ ŋiam⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-giām
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-giām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lenggiam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiam²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɡiam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiam³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɡiam³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵ ngiam⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng ngiām
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ŋiam¹¹/

Adjective

靈驗

1. effective; efficacious
2. (of a prediction) accurate; correct

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 靈驗 (“effective; efficacious”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		靈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		靈驗, 靈
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	靈驗
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	靈
	Xi'an	靈, 靈應
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	靈, 靈光
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靈擎
	Hong Kong	靈, 靈擎
	Taishan	靈
	Dongguan	靈擎
Gan	Lichuan	靈
	Pingxiang	靈
Hakka	Meixian	靈擎, 靈驗
Huizhou	Jixi	靈, 靈光
Northern Min	Jian'ou	靈感, 靈
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	靈, 靈影
Southern Min	Xiamen	靈聖
	Quanzhou	靈聖
	Zhangzhou	靈聖
	Tainan	靈聖
	Singapore (Hokkien)	靈
	Shantou	靈驗, 靈
	Leizhou	靈
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	靈
Wu	Shanghai	靈, 靈光, 靈泛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	靈
	Suzhou	靈
	Danyang	靈光
	Hangzhou	靈
	Ningbo	靈
	Wenzhou	靈, 靈光

Derived terms

• 不靈驗／不灵验

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
靈	驗
れい Hyōgaiji	げん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

靈(れい)驗(げん) • (reigen) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 霊験: miracle

Korean

Hanja in this term
靈	驗

Noun

靈驗 • (yeongheom) (hangeul 영험)

1. Hanja form^? of 영험 (“miracle”).