See also: 神圣

Chinese

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God; unusual; mysterious
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
 
holy; sacred; saint
holy; sacred; saint; sage
 
trad. (神聖)
simp. (神圣)
anagram 聖神圣神

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (27) (26)
Final () (43) (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter zyin syengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʑiɪn/ /ɕiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʑin/ /ɕiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʑjen/ /ɕiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʑin/ /ɕiajŋH/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʑiĕn/ /ɕiɛŋH/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʑĭĕn/ /ɕĭɛŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/ /ɕi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shén shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
san4 sing3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shén shèng
Middle
Chinese
‹ zyin › ‹ syengH ›
Old
Chinese
/*Cə.li[n]/ /*l̥eŋ-s/
English spirit sage (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11245 11391
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hlin/ /*hljeŋs/
Notes

Adjective

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神聖

  1. sacred; holy

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (神聖):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 3
せい
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
神聖 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 神聖 (MC zyin syengH).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(しん)(せい) (shinsei-na (adnominal (しん)(せい) (shinsei na), adverbial (しん)(せい) (shinsei ni))

  1. holy, sacred
    • 2015 January 10, “ホーリー・ナイト・ドラゴン [Holy Night Dragon]”, in 決闘者の栄光 -記憶の断片- side:武藤遊戯 [Duelist Road -Piece of Memory- side: Mutō Yūgi], Konami:
      (せい)なる(ほのお)()しき(もの)()きはらう、(しん)(せい)(ちから)()つドラゴン。
      Seinaru honō de ashiki mono o yakiharau, shinsei na chikara o motsu doragon.
      A dragon with holy powers, who will burn away the wicked with its sacred flames.

Inflection

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Noun

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(しん)(せい) (shinsei

  1. holiness, sacredness, sanctity

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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神聖 (sinseong) (hangeul 신성)

  1. hanja form? of 신성 (holiness, sacredness)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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神聖

  1. chữ Hán form of thần thánh (gods and saints).

Adjective

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神聖

  1. chữ Hán form of thần thánh (sacred; holy).