機靈
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See also: 机灵
Chinese
[edit]| machine; opportunity; secret | alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (機靈) | 機 | 靈 | |
| simp. (机灵) | 机 | 灵 | |
| alternative forms | 機伶／机伶 | ||
| anagram | 靈機／灵机 | ||
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gei1 ling4
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): jid5 lin2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki-lêng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ˙ㄌㄧㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jili̊ng
- Wade–Giles: chi1-ling5
- Yale: jī-ling
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji.ling
- Palladius: цзилин (czilin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ liŋ²/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jilíng
- Wade–Giles: chi1-ling2
- Yale: jī-líng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiling
- Palladius: цзилин (czilin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gei1 ling4
- Yale: gēi lìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gei1 ling4
- Guangdong Romanization: géi1 ling4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kei̯⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Southern Min
Adjective
[edit]機靈
Synonyms
[edit]- 乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
- 了了 (liǎoliǎo) (literary)
- 伶俐 (línglì)
- 奢遮 (Wu, of a child)
- 宿鬼 (Hokkien)
- 性靈／性灵 (xìnglíng) (literary)
- 敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
- 明慧 (mínghuì)
- 明智 (míngzhì)
- 機敏／机敏 (jīmǐn)
- 機智／机智 (jīzhì)
- 機穎／机颖 (literary)
- 機警／机警 (jījǐng)
- 活絡／活络 (Wu)
- 睿智 (ruìzhì)
- 穎異／颖异 (yǐngyì) (formal)
- 精濟／精济 (Hokkien, of a child)
- 精靈／精灵 (jīnglíng)
- 精齊／精齐 (Hokkien, of a child)
- 聰慧／聪慧 (cōnghuì)
- 聰敏／聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
- 聰明／聪明 (cōngmíng)
- 聰穎／聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (formal)
- 英明 (yīngmíng)
- 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
- 靈／灵 (líng)
- 靈光／灵光 (6lin-kuaon) (Wu)
- 鬼 (guǐ) (informal)