靈巧

See also: 灵巧

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skilful; timely
trad. (靈巧)		靈	巧
simp. (灵巧)		灵	巧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língqiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ haau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-khá / lêng-khiáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língqiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língciǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-chʻiao³
    • Yale: líng-chyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingcheau
    • Palladius: линцяо (lincjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ haau²
    • Yale: lìhng háau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ haau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ hao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ haːu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-khá
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-khá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengqar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² kʰa⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-khiáu
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-khiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengqiao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² kʰiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰiau⁵⁵⁴/

Adjective

靈巧

1. dexterous; nimble; skillful

Synonyms

• (nimble):

• 便利 (biànlì) (literary)
• 便捷 (biànjié)
• 利索 (lìsuo) (colloquial)
• 利落 (lìluo)
• 快手 (faai³ sau²) (Cantonese)
• 手快 (shǒukuài)
• 敏捷 (mǐnjié)
• 機動／机动 (jīdòng)
• 緊手／紧手 (Hokkien)
• 緊跤捷手／紧跤捷手 (Hokkien)
• 輕快／轻快 (qīngkuài)
• 靈便／灵便 (língbiàn)
• 靈利／灵利 (línglì) (literary)
• 靈敏／灵敏 (língmǐn)
• 靈活／灵活 (línghuó)
• 麻利 (málì) (colloquial)