灵魂 meaning in English

línghún

soul; spirit

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 靈魂20 strokes

Meaning of 灵魂

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

línghún
  1. soul
  2. spirit

灵魂 in example sentences

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

你nǐ认rèn为wéi动dòng物wù有yǒu灵líng魂hún吗ma?
Do you think animals have souls?
这zhè人rén把bǎ灵líng魂hún卖mài给gěi魔mó鬼guǐ。
The man sold his soul to the devil.
我wǒ是shì个gè自zì由yóu的de灵líng魂hún。
I have a free spirit.
灵líng魂hún是shì肉ròu体tǐ的de监jiān牢láo。
The soul is the prison of the body.
眼yǎn睛jīng是shì灵líng魂hún之zhī窗chuāng。
The eye is the window of the soul.

Stroke order for each character

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灵 líng · quick · 7 strokes

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魂 hún · soul · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 灵魂.

心灵xīnlíngbright; smart
灵活línghuóflexible; nimble
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
心灵手巧xīnlíng-shǒuqiǎocapable; clever
鬼魂guǐhúnghost

Questions about 灵魂

What does 灵魂 mean?

灵魂 (línghún) means "soul; spirit" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 灵魂?

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

Is 灵魂 an HSK word?

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

How is 灵魂 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 灵魂 is written 靈魂.