靈長

See also: 灵长

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (靈長)		靈	長
simp. (灵长)		灵	长
Literally: “intelligent and developed”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): língzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ zoeng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: língzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingjaang
  - IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ zoeng²
  - Yale: lìhng jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ zêng²
  - IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ³⁵/

Noun

靈長

(poetic) a nickname of humans (Homo sapiens), literally "the best of all living things".
- 人類是一件多麼了不得的傑作！……宇宙的精華！萬物的靈長！ [MSC, trad.]
  人类是一件多么了不得的杰作！……宇宙的精华！万物的灵长！ [MSC, simp.]
  From: Hamlet, translated by 朱生豪, 1943
  Rénlèi shì yī jiàn duōme lebùdé de jiézuò!...... Yǔzhòu de jīnghuá! Wànwù de língcháng! [Pinyin]
  What a piece of work is a man!... the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals!
Only used in 靈長目／灵长目 (Língzhǎngmù) and 靈長類／灵长类.

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