靈擎

靈擎

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	phonetic
trad. (靈擎)		靈	擎
simp. (灵擎)		灵	擎

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leng⁴ keng⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: leng⁴ keng⁴
    • Yale: lèhng kèhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: leng⁴ keng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léng⁴ kéng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛːŋ²¹ kʰɛːŋ²¹/

Adjective

靈擎

1. (Cantonese) effective; efficacious

   呢隻感冒藥都幾靈擎喎，食咗兩劑當堂舒服啲。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢只感冒药都几灵擎㖞，食咗两剂当堂舒服啲。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ni¹ zek³ gam² mou⁶ joek⁶ dou¹ gei² leng⁴ keng⁴ wo³, sik⁶ zo² loeng⁵ zai¹ dong¹ tong⁴ syu¹ fuk⁶ di¹. [Jyutping]

   This cold medication is quite effective. After a couple of doses, I immediately felt much better.

Synonyms

• 靈驗／灵验 (língyàn)