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幽灵 meaning in English

yōulíng

specter; apparition

Traditional 幽靈16 strokes

Meaning of 幽灵

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yōulíng
  1. specter
  2. apparition
  3. ghost

幽灵 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

幽yōu灵líng突tū然rán消xiāo失shī了le。
The ghost vanished suddenly.
你nǐ相xiāng信xìn有yǒu幽yōu灵líng吗ma？
Do you believe in ghosts?
那nà是shì个gè幽yōu灵líng，只zhǐ有yǒu我wǒ能néng和hé它tā交jiāo谈tán。
It's a ghost, and only I can speak to him.
他tā获huò得de了le召zhào唤huàn幽yōu灵líng列liè车chē的de能néng力lì。
He gained the power to summon ghost trains.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

幽 yōu · quiet · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

灵 líng · quick · 7 strokes

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  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 幽灵.

幽默yōumò(loanword) humor; humorous
心灵xīnlíngbright; smart
灵活línghuóflexible; nimble
灵魂línghúnsoul; spirit
灵感línggǎncreative inspiration
失灵shīlíngout of order (of machine); not working properly
机灵jīlingalert; quick-witted; lively
灵敏língmǐnsmart; clever
灵巧língqiǎodeft; nimble
灵通língtōngfast and abundant (news); clever
水灵灵shuǐlínglíngsee 水靈|水灵[shui3 ling2]
灵机一动língjī-yīdònga bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration; to be struck by a brain

Questions about 幽灵

What does 幽灵 mean?

幽灵 (yōulíng) means "specter; apparition".

How do you write 幽灵?

幽灵 is made of 2 characters: 幽 (9 strokes), 灵 (7 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

How is 幽灵 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 幽灵 is written 幽靈.