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靈感

靈感

See also: 灵感

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect
trad. (靈感)		靈	感
simp. (灵感)		灵	感

Noun

靈感

inspiration (i.e. the kind which causes a burst of creativity)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): línggǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ gam²
Min Nan (POJ): lêng-kám

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: línggǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linggaan
  - IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ ka̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ gam²
  - Yale: lìhng gám
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ gam²
  - IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ kɐm³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-kám
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-kám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengkarm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kam⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² kam⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kam⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kam⁴¹/