靈芝
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence |
Zoysia pungens | ||
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trad. (靈芝) | 靈 | 芝 | |
simp. (灵芝) | 灵 | 芝 |
Etymology
[edit]According to Wasson (1968),[1] this compound noun is coined by Ban Gu (班固) (32 - 92 CE) in the poem 《郊祀靈芝歌》 ("Ode to the Numinous Mushroom for the Suburban Sacrifice"):
- 因露寢兮產靈芝。象三德兮瑞應圖。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 1st century CE, Ban Gu (班固), 《郊祀靈芝歌》 ("Ode to the Numinous Mushroom for the Suburban Sacrifice"); translation based on Wasson (1968)'s version
- Yīn lùqǐn xī chǎn língzhī. Xiàng sāndé xī ruì yìngtú. [Pinyin]
- The Numinous Mushroom grows with the settling dews, the sign of three virtues, happy omen's picture fulfilled.
因露寝兮产灵芝。象三德兮瑞应图。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Ban Gu's coining is inspired by the description of a Ganoderma mushroom (芝) as "numinous" (靈) in a poem composed in 109 BCE by Emperor Wu of Han (漢武帝 (Hàn Wǔ Dì)) and preserved in the Book of Han, "chapter 22" (translation based on Wasson, 1968):[1]
- 玄氣之精,回復此都,蔓蔓日茂,芝成靈華。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Xuánqì zhī jīng, huífù cǐ dōu, mànmàn rì mào, zhī chéng líng huá. [Pinyin]
- The essence of the Mysterious Breath, there it is, returned again to this residence, day after day this superb growth, this mushroom which unfolds its most numinous beauties.
玄气之精,回复此都,蔓蔓日茂,芝成灵华。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ling4 zi1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn-chṳ̂
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6lin-tsy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄓ
- Tongyong Pinyin: língjhih
- Wade–Giles: ling2-chih1
- Yale: líng-jr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingjy
- Palladius: линчжи (linčži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /liŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ling4 zi1
- Yale: lìhng jī
- Cantonese Pinyin: ling4 dzi1
- Guangdong Romanization: ling4 ji1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɪŋ²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-chṳ̂
- Hakka Romanization System: linˇ ziiˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: lin2 zi1
- Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Noun
[edit]靈芝
- lingzhi (mushroom used in traditional Asian medicine, namely, Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma tsugae, or others in the genus Ganoderma)
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Others:
- → English: lingzhi
References
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