神壇

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	altar
trad. (神壇)		神	壇
simp. (神坛)		神	坛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shéntán

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ taan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-tôaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shéntán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shéntán
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-tʻan²
    • Yale: shén-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherntarn
    • Palladius: шэньтань (šɛnʹtanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ taan⁴
    • Yale: sàhn tàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ taan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ tan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ tʰaːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-tôaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-tuânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sindvoaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² tuã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² tuã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² tuã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ tuã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ tuã²³/

Noun

神壇

1. (religion) a table for religious rites; an altar; a pedestal
2. (figurative) fame

   捧上神壇／捧上神坛  ―  pěng shàng shéntán  ―  to make someone/something famous (literally, “to place someone/something on the pedestal”)

   跌落神壇／跌落神坛  ―  diēluò shéntán  ―  to have one's reputation destroyed (literally, “to be knocked off one's pedestal”)

Synonyms

• (altar): 祭壇／祭坛 (jìtán), 神檯／神台 (shéntái)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	壇
しん Grade: 3	だん Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
神壇 (kyūjitai)

Noun

神(しん)壇(だん) • (shindan) 

1. (religion) a table for religious rites; an altar

Synonyms

• 祭(さい)壇(だん) (saidan)

Korean

Hanja in this term
神	壇

Noun

神壇 • (sindan) (hangeul 신단)

1. Hanja form^? of 신단.