在天之灵

Traditional form:

在天之靈

Pinyin (reading):

zàitiānzhīlíng

Definitions:

• soul and spirit of the deceased

Characters:

• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 灵 - spirit, soul; spiritual world

Traditional characters:

• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 靈 - spirit, soul; spiritual world