粵

精zing1靈ling4

simp精灵
zing1 ling4zing1 ling1jīng líng

English

  1. spirit
  2. smart; clever
  3. fairy
  4. elf
  5. sprite
  6. genie
  7. (of a child) precocious; bright
  8. spirit; demon; fairy; fey

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容小朋友聰明靈敏
  2. 一種虛構生物;鬼神;妖怪

Examples

  • 呢個小朋友好精靈㗎!

    What a precocious kid this is!

  • 古時指心神同靈魂嘅合稱

    spirit

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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