靈機一動

Chinese

		sudden inspiration; brainwave	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (靈機一動)		靈機	一	動
simp. (灵机一动)		灵机	一	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língjīyīdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧ ㄧ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ gei¹ jat¹ dung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-ki-it-tōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língjīyīdòng [Phonetic: língjīyídòng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧ ㄧ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língjiyidòng
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-chi¹-i¹-tung⁴
    • Yale: líng-jī-yī-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingjiidonq
    • Palladius: линцзиидун (lincziidun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ gei¹ jat¹ dung⁶
    • Yale: lìhng gēi yāt duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ gei¹ jat⁷ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ géi¹ yed¹ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ kei̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ tʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-ki-it-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-ki-it-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengki'itdong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ³³/

Idiom

靈機一動

1. to be struck by a brainwave; to hit upon a clever idea