# 聖靈
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “which language does it come from: Greek, Latin, Russian, Japanese, English?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Shènglíng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sing$^3$ ling$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sen$^1$ len$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Sṳn-lìn
    (Hailu, HRS): shin$^ˇ$ lin
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing$^4$ leng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Sèng-lêng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sian$^3$ lêng$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Shènglíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Shènglíng
*** Wade–Giles: Shêng$^4$-ling$^2$
*** Yale: Shèng-líng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenqling
*** Palladius: Шэнлин (Šɛnlin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ liŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^3$ ling$^4$
*** Yale: sing lìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^3$ ling$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^3$ ling$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ³³ lɪŋ²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$性靈 / 性灵 聖靈 / 圣灵
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sen$^1$ len$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sen³³ len²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sṳn-lìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: siin lin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sin$^4$ lin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ lin¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shin$^ˇ$ lin
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃin¹¹ lin⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sing$^4$ leng$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Si̍ng-léng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiŋ⁴² lɛŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sing$^4$ leng$^2$ [Phonetic: sing$^1$ leng$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ lɛŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-lêng
*** Tâi-lô: Sìng-lîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seangleeng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪŋ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sian$^3$ lêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siàⁿ lêng
*** Sinological IPA : /sĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/

### Noun

聖靈
* (Confucianism) spirit of a sage (e.g. Confucius)
    From: 1497, 金宗直 (Kim Jong-jik), 《謁夫子廟賦》 (Rhapsody on visiting the temple of Confucius), 《佔畢齋集》
    bi seongnyeong ji ui taek, gae myo mo ji bu jang. [Sino-Korean]
    It was no fitting residence for the spirit of the Sage; I was indignant at how bad the appearance of the temple was.

### Proper noun

聖靈
* (Protestantism, Eastern Orthodoxy, uncommon in Hokkien) Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost
    From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 使徒行傳 (Acts) 1:8
    Dàn Shènglíng jiànglín zài nǐmen shēn shàng, nǐmen jiù bì dézháo nénglì, bìng yào zài Yēlùsālěng, Yóutài quándì, hé Sāmǎlìyà, zhídào dìjí, zuò wǒ de jiànzhèng. [Pinyin]
    But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

#### Synonyms

| Branch | Words |
| Protestant | 聖靈, 聖神 archaic or dialectal |
| Roman Catholic | 聖神 |
| Eastern Orthodox | 聖靈 |
| Church of the East | 涼風, 盧訶寧俱沙, 淨風, 淨風王 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 聖 | 靈 |
| せい Grade: 6 | れい Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [se̞ːɾe̞ː]

### Proper noun

聖(せい)靈(れい) • (Seirei)
* Kyūjitai form of 聖霊: Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 聖 | 靈 |

### Proper noun

聖靈 • (Seongnyeong) (hangeul 성령)
* hanja form of 성령 (“Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 聖 | 靈 |

### Proper noun

聖靈
* chữ Hán form of Thánh Linh (“Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost”).