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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ling4 paai4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-pâi
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6lin-ba
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- 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/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
Noun
靈牌
- spirit tablet
- 隨即取靈牌和紙錢燒化了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14th century CE
- Suíjí qǔ língpái hé zhǐqián shāohuà le. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
随即取灵牌和纸钱烧化了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- 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.]
- 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]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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.]