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quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin
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How to pronounce 灵

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= li initial

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng2 final

In the engine’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

灵 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= ji + Ø4
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)
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huǒ = hu + o3
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
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Characters with 灵 as component

latticework on a window
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variant of 櫺|棂[ling2]
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Words with 灵

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flexible / nimble / agile
Holy Ghost / Holy Spirit
clever / quick-witted

Sentences with 灵

líng
shén

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líng

quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin

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