靈位

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (靈位)		靈	位
simp. (灵位)		灵	位

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): língwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋ

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): língwēi
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ wai^6-2
Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): leng² ui⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lêng-ūi

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ ui⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin-we₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: língwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: língwèi
  - Wade–Giles: ling²-wei⁴
  - Yale: líng-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingwey
  - Palladius: линвэй (linvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: língwēi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ²⁴ uei⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ wai^6-2
  - Yale: lìhng wái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ wai^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ wei^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: leng² ui⁵ [Phonetic: leng⁴ ngui⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: léng-ūi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛŋ¹³⁻⁴² ^(Ø-)ŋui¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leng'ui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ui²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² ui²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ui³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêng⁵ ui⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng ūi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ui¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lin-we₆
  - MiniDict: lin^去 we^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin-hhue₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²² ɦue⁴⁴/

Noun

靈位

spirit tablet
- 正廳供養晁天王靈位。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  正厅供养晁天王灵位。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE
  Zhèngtīng gōngyǎng Cháo tiānwáng língwèi. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 小女殯事雖行，靈位還在。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  小女殡事虽行，灵位还在。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1628 CE, Ling Mengchu, Slapping the Table in Amazement I
  Xiǎonǚ bìn shì suī xíng, língwèi hái zài. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

靈牌／灵牌 (língpái)
神主 (shénzhǔ)

References

“靈位”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “灵位”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 354.