灵感 meaning in English

línggǎn

creative inspiration

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 靈感20 strokes

Meaning of 灵感

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línggǎn
  1. creative inspiration

灵感 in example sentences

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

她tā突tū然rán有yǒu了le一yí个gè绝jué妙miào的de灵líng感gǎn。
Suddenly she had a brilliant inspiration.
我wǒ丢diū了le我wǒ的de灵líng感gǎn。
I lost my inspiration.
我wǒ的de母mǔ亲qīn是shì一yī位wèi天tiān使shǐ,也yě是shì我wǒ的de灵líng感gǎn来lái源yuán。
My mother was an angel and an inspiration to me.
什shén么me是shì您nín最zuì大dà的de灵líng感gǎn来lái源yuán?
What is your greatest source of inspiration?
我wǒ灵líng感gǎn枯kū竭jié了le。
My inspiration has run dry.

Stroke order for each character

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灵 líng · quick · 7 strokes

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感 gǎn · to feel · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 灵感.

感觉gǎnjuéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
感到gǎndàoto feel; to sense; to perceive
感谢gǎnxièto thank; to be grateful
感动gǎndòngto move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally)
感受gǎnshòuto sense; perception
感情gǎnqíngemotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
情感qínggǎnfeeling; emotion
感冒gǎnmàoto catch cold; (common) cold
感兴趣gǎn xìngqùto be interested (in sth)
敏感mǐngǎnsensitive; susceptible
感想gǎnxiǎngimpressions; reflections
心灵xīnlíngbright; smart

Questions about 灵感

What does 灵感 mean?

灵感 (línggǎn) means "creative inspiration" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 灵感?

灵感 is made of 2 characters: 灵 (7 strokes), 感 (13 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 灵感 an HSK word?

Yes. 灵感 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 灵感 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 灵感 is written 靈感.