水靈

Chinese

		water; river	alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence
trad. (水靈)		水	靈
simp. (水灵)		水	灵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐlíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐlíng → shuǐling (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ → ㄕㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄌㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěili̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-ling⁵
    • Yale: shwěi-ling
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoei.ling
    • Palladius: шуйлин (šujlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵/ → /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴ liŋ⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² ling⁴
    • Yale: séui lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ lɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

水靈

1. (dialect) fresh and juicy (of fruit, greens, etc.)
2. (dialect) bright and beautiful; radiant and vivacious (of appearance)