神州

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (神州)		神	州
simp. #(神州)		神	州

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ zau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sṳ̀n-chû
• Eastern Min (BUC): Sìng-cĭu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Sîn-chiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng⁵ ziu¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zen-tseu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénjhou
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-chou¹
    • Yale: shén-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernjou
    • Palladius: шэньчжоу (šɛnʹčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ zau¹
    • Yale: sàhn jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sṳ̀n-chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sìng-cĭu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sîn-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Sîn-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng⁵ ziu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng tsiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siu³³/

Note: Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zen-tseu
    • MiniDict: zen^去 tseu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-tseu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² t͡sɤ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: zyin tsyuw

Rime
Character	神	州
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	食鄰切	職流切
Baxter	zyin	tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiɪn/	/t͡ɕɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑin/	/t͡ɕiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑjen/	/t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑin/	/cuw/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiĕn/	/t͡ɕiu/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭĕn/	/t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shén	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san4	zau1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.li[n]  tu/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hlin  tju/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	神	州
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shén	zhōu
Middle Chinese	‹ zyin ›	‹ tsyuw ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.li[n]/	/*tu/
English	spirit	islet in stream; province
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	神	州
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11245	17493
Phonetic component	申	州
Rime group	眞	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	神	周
Old Chinese	/*hlin/	/*tju/

Proper noun

神州

1. (literary) the Divine Land (Central Plain or China)

   • 唯王丞相愀然變色曰：「當共戮力王室，克復神州，何至作楚囚相對！」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     唯王丞相愀然变色曰：「当共戮力王室，克复神州，何至作楚囚相对！」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE

     Wéi Wáng chéngxiàng qiǎorán biànsè yuē: “Dāng gòng lùlì wángshì, kèfù Shénzhōu, hé zhì zuò Chǔqiú xiàngduì!” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 何處望神州？滿眼風光北固樓。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     何处望神州？满眼风光北固楼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1205, Xin Qiji (辛棄疾), 南鄉子·登京口北固亭有懷

     Héchù wàng Shénzhōu? Mǎnyǎn fēngguāng Běigùlóu. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 神州只在闌干北，度度來時怕上樓。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     神州只在阑干北，度度来时怕上楼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1217, 劉克莊, 冶城

     Shénzhōu zhǐ zài lángān běi, dù dù lái shí pà shàng lóu. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 中 (abbreviation)
• 中原 (Zhōngyuán)
• 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó)
• 中華／中华 (Zhōnghuá)
• 九州 (Jiǔzhōu)
• 唐山 (Tángshān)
• 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary, figurative)
• 天下 (tiānxià) (lofty)
• 天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang)
• 支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive)
• 桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete)
• 猜拿 (transliteration of English China)
• 神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary)
• 種花家／种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous)
• 脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)
• 至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete)
• 華／华 (abbreviation)
• 華夏／华夏 (Huáxià)
• 諸夏／诸夏 (Zhūxià)
• 諸華／诸华 (Zhūhuá)
• 赤縣／赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary)
• 赤縣神州／赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)
• 震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic)

 

Noun

神州

1. (literary) capital city (of a country)

Synonyms

• 上國／上国 (shàngguó) (literary)
• 京城 (jīngchéng) (literary)
• 京師／京师 (jīngshī) (literary)
• 京華／京华 (jīnghuá) (literary)
• 京邑 (jīngyì) (literary)
• 京都 (jīngdū) (literary)
• 國家／国家 (guójiā) (Classical Chinese)
• 國都／国都 (guódū)
• 帝都 (dìdū) (imperial capital)
• 王京 (wángjīng) (literary, royal capital)
• 王都 (wángdū) (formal, royal capital)
• 皇州 (huángzhōu) (literary, imperial capital)
• 都城 (dūchéng)
• 都邑 (dūyì) (literary)
• 鎬京／镐京 (hàojīng) (literary)
• 長安／长安 (cháng'ān) (literary, figurative)
• 首都 (shǒudū)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	州
しん Grade: 3	しゅう Grade: 3
kan’on

Alternative spelling
神州 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕɨᵝː]

Proper noun

神(しん)州(しゅう) • (Shinshū) 

1. land of the gods; Japan; China

   Synonym: 神国 (Shinkoku)

   神(しん)州(しゅう)不(ふ)滅(めつ)

   Shinshū Fumetsu

   Immortal Country of Gods (World War II propaganda slogan)

Usage notes

During the twentieth century, especially from the Russo-Japanese War (1904) through World War II (1945), the term was frequently used to refer to Japan in patriotic or propaganda messages. In earlier centuries, it was sometimes used to refer to China or to Japan. Use of the term is associated both with Emperor worship and with Shintoism.