靈丹

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
trad. (靈丹)		靈	丹
simp. (灵丹)		灵	丹
anagram		丹靈／丹灵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língdān

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ daan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língdān
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língdan
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-tan¹
    • Yale: líng-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingdan
    • Palladius: линдань (lindanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ daan¹
    • Yale: lìhng dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ taːn⁵⁵/

Noun

靈丹

1. panacea; efficacious elixir

Derived terms

• 萬靈丹／万灵丹 (wànlíngdān)
• 靈丹妙藥／灵丹妙药 (língdānmiàoyào)
• 靈丹聖藥／灵丹圣药 (língdānshèngyào)