# 靈光
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): língguāng
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^4$ gwong$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-kong
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lin-kuaon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: língguāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: língguang
*** Wade–Giles: ling$^2$-kuang$^1$
*** Yale: líng-gwāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingguang
*** Palladius: лингуан (linguan)
*** Sinological IPA : /liŋ³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ling$^4$ gwong$^1$
*** Yale: lìhng gwōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ling$^4$ gwong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ling$^4$ guong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪŋ²¹ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-kong
*** Tâi-lô: lîng-kong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lengkofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lin-kuaon
*** MiniDict: lin$^去$ kuaon
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lin-kuaan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²² kuɑ̃⁴⁴/

### Noun

靈光
* divine light; divine radiance; numinous light

#### Derived terms

* 靈光一閃／灵光一闪
* 靈光殿／灵光殿
* 魯殿靈光／鲁殿灵光
* 魯靈光／鲁灵光

### Adjective

靈光
* (Central Plains, Lanyin and Southwestern Mandarin, Wu) clever; quick-witted
* (Southwestern Mandarin, Wu, of a method) effective; good
* (Wu, of a prediction) accurate; correct

#### Synonyms

* (clever):
* 乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
* 了了 (liǎoliǎo) (literary)
* 伶俐 (línglì)
* 奢遮 (Wu, of a child)
* 宿鬼 (Hokkien)
* 性靈／性灵 (xìnglíng) (literary)
* 敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
* 明慧 (mínghuì)
* 明智 (míngzhì)
* 機敏／机敏 (jīmǐn)
* 機智／机智 (jīzhì)
* 機穎／机颖 (literary)
* 機警／机警 (jījǐng)
* 機靈／机灵
* 活絡／活络 (Wu)
* 睿智 (ruìzhì)
* 穎異／颖异 (yǐngyì) (formal)
* 精濟／精济 (Hokkien, of a child)
* 精靈／精灵 (jīnglíng)
* 精齊／精齐 (Hokkien, of a child)
* 聰慧／聪慧 (cōnghuì)
* 聰敏／聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
* 聰明／聪明 (cōngmíng)
* 聰穎／聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (formal)
* 英明 (yīngmíng)
* 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
* 靈／灵 (líng)
* 鬼 (guǐ) (informal)
* (effective):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 靈 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 靈驗, 靈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 靈驗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 靈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 靈, 靈應 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 靈, 靈光 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 靈擎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 靈, 靈擎 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 靈 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 靈擎 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 靈 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 靈 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 靈擎, 靈驗 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 靈, 靈光 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 靈感, 靈 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 靈, 靈影 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 靈聖 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 靈聖 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 靈聖 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 靈聖 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 靈 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 靈驗, 靈 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 靈 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 靈 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 靈, 靈光, 靈泛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 靈 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 靈 |
| Wu | Danyang | 靈光 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 靈 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 靈 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 靈, 靈光 |

#### Derived terms

* 不靈光／不灵光