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幽灵

yōu líng

2-character word Traditional 幽靈

What 幽灵 means

1. specter
2. apparition
3. ghost

The characters in 幽灵

• 幽yōuremote; hidden away; secluded
• 灵língquick; alert; efficacious

Example sentences

• 你相信有幽灵吗？
  Nǐ xiāngxìn yǒu yōulíng ma?
  Do you believe there are ghosts?
• 幽灵突然消失了。
  The ghost vanished suddenly.
• 他获得了召唤幽灵列车的能力。
  He gained the power to summon ghost trains.
• 那是个幽灵，只有我能和它交谈。
  It's a ghost, and only I can speak to him.

Sounds the same

Read yōu líng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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