靈驗れいけん

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	to examine; to test; to check
trad. (靈驗れいけん)		靈れい	驗けん
simp. (灵验)		灵	验

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língyàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ jim⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lin² ngiam⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-giām

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ ngiam⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língyàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língyàn
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-yen⁴
    • Yale: líng-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingyann
    • Palladius: линъянь (linʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ jim⁶
    • Yale: lìhng yihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ jim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ yim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ jiːm²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lin² ngiam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹ ŋiam⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-giām
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-giām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lenggiam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiam²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɡiam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiam³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɡiam³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵ ngiam⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng ngiām
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ŋiam¹¹/

Adjective

靈驗れいけん

1. effective; efficacious
2. (of a prediction) accurate; correct

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 靈驗れいけん (“effective; efficacious”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		靈れい
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		靈驗れいけん, 靈れい
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	靈驗れいけん
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	靈れい
	Xi'an	靈れい, 靈れい應おう
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	靈れい, 靈光れいこう
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靈れい擎
	Hong Kong	靈れい, 靈れい擎
	Taishan	靈れい
	Dongguan	靈れい擎
Gan	Lichuan	靈れい
	Pingxiang	靈れい
Hakka	Meixian	靈れい擎, 靈驗れいけん
Huizhou	Jixi	靈れい, 靈光れいこう
Northern Min	Jian'ou	靈感れいかん, 靈れい
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	靈れい, 靈れい影かげ
Southern Min	Xiamen	靈れい聖きよし
	Quanzhou	靈れい聖きよし
	Zhangzhou	靈れい聖きよし
	Tainan	靈れい聖きよし
	Singapore (Hokkien)	靈れい
	Shantou	靈驗れいけん, 靈れい
	Leizhou	靈れい
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	靈れい
Wu	Shanghai	靈れい, 靈光れいこう, 靈れい泛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	靈れい
	Suzhou	靈れい
	Danyang	靈光れいこう
	Hangzhou	靈れい
	Ningbo	靈れい
	Wenzhou	靈れい, 靈光れいこう

Derived terms

• 不ふ靈驗れいけん／不ふ灵验

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
靈れい	驗けん
れい Hyōgai	げん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

靈れい(れい)驗けん(げん) • (reigen) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 霊験れいけん: miracle

Korean

Hanja in this term
靈れい	驗けん

Noun

靈驗れいけん • (yeongheom) (hangeul 영험)

1. hanja form^? of 영험 (“miracle”)