vong linh
Pronunciation
Northern
/vawŋ˧˧ lïŋ˧˧/
Central
/jawŋ˧˥ lïn˧˥/
Southern
/jawŋ˧˧ lɨn˧˧/
Listen
soul of the deceased
Noun
soul of the deceased
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Noun
soul of the deceased Culture & Proper Nouns
The soul or spirit of a person who has died, according to various traditional spiritual beliefs.
vi Gia đình làm lễ cầu cho vong linh người đã khuất.
en The family held a ceremony for the soul of the deceased.
Parts
linh / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 亡靈 / 亡靈
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Parts
linh / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 亡靈 / 亡靈
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 亡靈
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
亡靈
Candidates by syllable
vong
忘（亡）
linh
灵（靈 / 翎 / 苓）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Use
cá linh / tinh linh / ngọc linh / sinh linh
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Use
cá linh / tinh linh / ngọc linh / sinh linh