神位

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (神位)		神	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ wai^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénwèi
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-wei⁴
    • Yale: shén-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernwey
    • Palladius: шэньвэй (šɛnʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ wai^6-2
    • Yale: sàhn wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ wai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ wei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sin'ui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² ui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² ui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ ui³³/

Noun

神位

1. spirit tablet; ancestral tablet (tablet with the name of an ancestor inscribed on it)

Usage notes

The tablet is usually placed in an ancestral hall so that offerings (food, incense etc.) can be placed on an altar in front of it.

Synonyms

• 神主 (shénzhǔ)
• 牌位 (páiwèi)
• (Hakka) 阿公婆
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 公婆, 公媽／公妈

神位