聖化

See also: 圣化

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (聖化)		聖	化
simp. (圣化)		圣	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shènghuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ faa³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-fa
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-hòa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shènghuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shènghuà
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: shèng-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqhuah
    • Palladius: шэнхуа (šɛnxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ faa³
    • Yale: sing fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ faː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seanghoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hua²¹/

Noun

聖化

1. (archaic) teachings of a sage (specifically Confucius) or of the emperor

   • 海瀕遐遠，不霑聖化，其民困於飢寒而吏不恤。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     海濒遐远，不沾圣化，其民困于饥寒而吏不恤。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Hǎi bīn xiá yuǎn, bù zhān shènghuà, qí mín kùn yú jīhán ér lì bù xù. [Pinyin]

     The coastal lands are faraway, and they do not benefit from thine enlightened teachings. The people there are harrowed by starvation and cold, but the government officials take no pity on them.

2. (religion) beatification; sanctification

Verb

聖化

1. to sanctify

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	化
せい Grade: 6	か Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

聖(せい)化(か) • (seika) 

1. beatification, sanctification

Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	化

Noun

聖化 • (seonghwa) (hangeul 성화)

1. Hanja form^? of 성화 (“sanctification”).