天靈

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence
trad. (天靈)		天	靈
simp. (天灵)		天	灵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānlíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānlíng → tiānling (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄧㄥˊ → ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄌㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianli̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-ling⁵
    • Yale: tyān-ling
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian.ling
    • Palladius: тяньлин (tjanʹlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/ → /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ liŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ ling⁴
    • Yale: tīn lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/

Noun

天靈

1. top of the head; crown of the head

Synonyms

• 天靈蓋／天灵盖 (tiānlínggài)
• 頭頂／头顶 (tóudǐng)
• 頭上／头上 (tóushàng)
• (Hokkien) 頭殼頂／头壳顶, 頭殼蓋／头壳盖, 頭殼碗／头壳碗, 頭碗／头碗