| 灵 | líng | quick; alert; efficacious; effective; spirit; departed soul; coffin |
| 灵活 | líng huó | flexible; nimble; agile |
| 灵魂 | líng hún | soul; spirit |
| 心灵 | xīn líng | bright; smart; quick-witted; heart; thoughts; spirit |
| 灵敏 | líng mǐn | smart; clever; sensitive; keen; quick; sharp |
| 灵敏度 | líng mǐn dù | (level of) sensitivity |
| 不灵 | bù líng | not work; be ineffective |
| 灵芝 | líng zhī | lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) |
| 灵巧 | líng qiǎo | handy |
| 机灵 | jī líng | clever; quick-witted |
| 灵渠 | Líng qú | Lingqu canal in Xing'an county 兴安, Guanxi, build in 214 BC to join Changjiang 长江 with Pearl River 珠江 |
| 失灵 | shī líng | out of order (of machine); not working properly; a failing (of a system) |
| 幽灵 | yōu líng | specter; apparition; ghost |
| 灵感 | líng gǎn | inspiration; insight; a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor |
| 神灵 | shén líng | a God; spirit; demon; occult or supernatural entities in general |
| 精灵 | jīng líng | spirit; fairy; elf; sprite; genie |
| 灵山 | Líng shān | Lingshan county in Qinzhou 钦州, Guangxi |
| 生灵 | shēng líng | (literary) the people; living thing; creature |
| 灵宝 | Líng bǎo | Lingbao county level city in Sanmenxia 三门峡, Henan |
| 惠灵顿 | Huì líng dùn | Wellington, capital of New Zealand |
| 灵机一动 | líng jī yī dòng | a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration; to be struck by a brainwave |
| 灵武 | Líng wǔ | Lingwu county level city in Yinchuan 银川, Ningxia |
| 灵验 | líng yàn | efficacious; effective; accurate |
一个幽灵在欧洲游
荡 | Yī gè yōu líng zài Ōu zhōu yóu dàng | Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa.; the opening sentence of Marx and Engels' "Communist Manifesto" |
| 一灵真性 | yī líng zhēn xìng | soul; spirit |
| 亡灵 | wáng líng | departed spirit |
| 人杰地灵 | rén jié dì líng | illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son |
| 出卖灵魂 | chū mài líng hún | to sell one's soul |
| 古灵精怪 | gǔ líng jīng guài | weird; bizarre |
| 哈灵根 | hā líng gēn | Harlingen, the Netherlands |
| 哭灵 | kū líng | to weep before a coffin or a memorial to the dead |
| 四灵 | sì líng | four divinities; four divine emperors; four mythical creatures symbolic of propsperity and longevity, namely phoenix 凤, turtle 龟, dragon 龙, Chinese unicorn 麒麟; also 四象, the four division of the sky |
| 图灵奖 | Tú líng jiǎng | Turing Award |
| 威灵 | wēi líng | authority; prestige; supernatural spirit |
| 威灵顿 | Wēi líng dùn | Wellington (name); Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1851) |
| 守灵 | shǒu líng | to keep watch beside a coffin |
| 小精灵 | xiǎo jīng líng | elf |
| 小灵通 | xiǎo líng tōng | mobile phone (with a local, 7-digit phone number) |
| 小灵通机站 | xiǎo líng tōng jī zhàn | cell phone base or repeater station (telecommunications) |
| 属灵 | shǔ líng | spiritual |
| 广灵 | Guǎng líng | Guangling county in Datong 大同, Shanxi |
| 广灵县 | Guǎng líng xiàn | Guangling county in Datong 大同, Shanxi |
| 心有灵犀一点通 | xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng | hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one |
| 心灵上 | xīn líng shàng | spiritual |
| 接收器灵敏度 | jiē shōu qì líng mǐn dù | receiver sensitivity |
| 服他灵 | fú tā líng | voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as pain-killer; also called 扶他林 |
| 洗涤灵 | xǐ dí líng | dishwashing liquid |
| 活灵活现 | huó líng huó xiàn | living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life; vivid and realistic |
| 消息灵通 | xiāo xi líng tōng | to be well-informed |
| 消息灵通人士 | xiāo xī líng tōng rén shì | a well-informed source; a person with inside information |
