靈芝

靈芝

See also: 霊芝 and 灵芝

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	Zoysia pungens
trad. (靈芝)		靈	芝
simp. (灵芝)		灵	芝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ zi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn-chṳ̂
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-chi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ ze¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língjhih
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-chih¹
    • Yale: líng-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingjy
    • Palladius: линчжи (linčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ zi¹
    • Yale: lìhng jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-chṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: linˇ zii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin² zi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-chi
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengcy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵ ze¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng tsṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ³³/

Noun

靈芝

1. lingzhi (mushroom used in traditional Asian medicine, namely, Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma tsugae, or others in the genus Ganoderma)

Synonyms

• 芝草 (zhīcǎo)
• 三秀 (sānxiù)
• 瑞芝

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (靈芝):

• → Japanese: 霊芝(れいし) (reishi)
• → Korean: 영지(靈芝) (yeongji)
• → Vietnamese: linh chi (靈芝)

Others:

• → English: lingzhi