靈活

See also: 灵活

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (靈活)		靈	活
simp. (灵活)		灵	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línghuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ wut⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-oa̍h / lêng-oa̍t / lêng-hoa̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ uah⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línghuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línghuó
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-huo²
    • Yale: líng-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linghwo
    • Palladius: линхо (linxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ wut⁶
    • Yale: lìhng wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ wuːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-oa̍h
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-ua̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leng'oah
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ uaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² uaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² uaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² uaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ uaʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-oa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-ua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leng'oat
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ uat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ uat̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-hoa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-hua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lenghoat
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ huat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵ uah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng ua̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ uaʔ⁴/

Adjective

靈活

1. agile; nimble
2. flexible (changeable in response to altered circumstances)

Synonyms

• (agile):

• 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)
• 靈巧／灵巧 (língqiǎo)
• 靈敏／灵敏 (língmǐn)
• 麻利 (málì) (colloquial)

 

• (flexible): 活 (huó), 彈性／弹性 (tánxìng)

Derived terms

• 活靈活現／活灵活现 (huólínghuóxiàn)
• 靈活化／灵活化 (línghuóhuà)
• 靈活性／灵活性 (línghuóxìng)

 

Related terms

• 變通／变通 (biàntōng)