神主

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
simp. and trad. (神主)		神	主

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénzhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ zyu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-chú / sîn-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénzhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénjhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-chu³
    • Yale: shén-jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernjuu
    • Palladius: шэньчжу (šɛnʹčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ zyu²
    • Yale: sàhn jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-chú
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinzuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-chí
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sincie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² t͡si⁵³/

Noun

神主

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

Synonyms

• 神位 (shénwèi)
• 牌位 (páiwèi)
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 公婆 (gōngpó), 公媽／公妈

Descendants

• → Indonesian: sinci

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	主
しん Grade: 3	しゅ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
神主 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
神	主
かん Grade: 3	ぬし Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
神主 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​んぬし [káꜜǹnùshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠nːɯ̟ᵝɕi]

• (Tokyo) し​んしゅ [shíꜜǹshù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕɨᵝ]

Noun

神(かん)主(ぬし) • (kannushi) ^{←かむぬし (kamunusi)?} (alternative reading hiragana しんしゅ, rōmaji shinshu)

1. (Shinto) a priest