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灵
靈
líng
1. quick
2. alert
3. efficacious
4. effective
5. to come true
6. spirit
7. departed soul
8. coffin
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

灵
líng
spirit, soul; spiritual world
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

不灵
bùlíng
not work
亡灵
wánglíng
departed spirit
哭灵
kūlíng
to weep before a coffin or a memorial to the dead
四灵
sìlíng
four divinities
图灵
Túlíng
Alan Turing (1912-1954), English mathematician, considered as the father of computer science
失灵
shīlíng
out of order (of machine)
威灵
wēilíng
authority
守灵
shǒulíng
to keep watch beside a coffin
属灵
shǔlíng
spiritual
幽灵
yōulíng
specter
广灵
Guǎnglíng
Guangling county in Datong [[大同<Dàtóng>]], Shanxi
心灵
xīnlíng
bright
HSK 6
机灵
jīling
clever
HSK 6
水灵
shuǐlíng
vivid
激灵
jīlíng
to quiver
生灵
shēnglíng
(literary) the people
百灵
bǎilíng
lark
神灵
shénlíng
god
精灵
jīnglíng
spirit
圣灵
Shènglíng
Holy Ghost

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
733
Word Frequency Rank
678 of 84,292

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