HSK 6 · Ideas

灵魂 línghún “soul” in Chinese

Traditional 靈魂

What 灵魂 means

  1. soul
  2. spirit

How to say 灵魂

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale灵líng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale魂hún2nd tone, rising

灵魂 in a sentence

  1. 你认为动物有灵魂吗？

    Nǐ rènwéi dòngwù yǒu línghún ma?

    Do you think animals have souls?

    Sentence #1323691 from Tatoeba

  2. 我是个自由的灵魂。

    Wǒ shì ge zìyóu de línghún.

    I’m a free spirit.

    Sentence #4620879 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 眼睛是灵魂之窗。

    Yǎnjing shì línghún zhī chuāng.

    The eyes are the window to the soul.

    Sentence #1393439 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 灵魂 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 灵 (líng) with each of its parts in a different colour
灵língquick
  • 彐snout · jìSound part
  • 火fire · huǒMeaning part

火 hints at the meaning (fire); 彐 (jì) hints at the sound. Compare it with líng.

The character 魂 (hún) with each of its parts in a different colour
魂húnsoul; spirit; immortal soul
  • 云cloud · yúnSound part
  • 鬼ghost · guǐMeaning part

鬼 hints at the meaning (ghost); 云 (yún) hints at the sound. Compare it with hún.

How to write 灵魂

灵 7 strokes · 魂 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

灵魂 (línghún) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 灵魂 (línghún). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 灵魂

Words with 灵

灵活línghuó · flexible机灵jīling · clever灵敏língmǐn · sensitive心灵xīnlíng · heart灵感línggǎn · inspiration

More words: Ideas & Concepts

来源láiyuán · source良心liángxīn · conscience立场lìchǎng · position里程碑lǐchéngbēi · milestone理所当然lǐsuǒdāngrán · naturally力所能及lìsuǒnéngjí · within one’s ability例外lìwài · exception轮廓lúnkuò · outline

FAQs

灵魂 (línghún) means “soul” or “spirit”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it línghún: líng with a 2nd tone, then hún with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 灵魂 is written 靈魂. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type linghun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 灵魂 from the suggestions. Typing linghun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
灵魂 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.