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soul

Chinese translation: 灵魂 or 心灵

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English term or phrase:soul
Chinese translation:灵魂 or 心灵
Entered by: Smartrans He

02:17 Jan 12, 2002
English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: soul
let's take a journey.
Cara
灵魂 or 心灵
Explanation:
Basically, soul is translated into Chinese as “灵魂”or“心灵”.
But in some scenarios, it can be translated into “精神”、“热情”、“精华”、“精髓”.
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Xiaoping Fu
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Local time: 17:56
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4 +5灵魂 or 心灵
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灵魂 or 心灵


Explanation:
Basically, soul is translated into Chinese as “灵魂”or“心灵”.
But in some scenarios, it can be translated into “精神”、“热情”、“精华”、“精髓”.

Xiaoping Fu
Canada
Local time: 17:56
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in pair: 2566
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  wapati8: linghun pronounced "ling-hwun"
2 hrs

agree  hjl
2 hrs

agree  zwcorp
5 hrs

agree  Francis Fine: Cara apparently had a mismatch (Soul--take a journey). One more, but rarer translation is simply  (person or people) as in "Not a soul in sight."o
10 hrs

agree  Chinexpert
1 day 22 hrs
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