神社

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	society; group
simp. and trad. (神社)		神	社

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénshè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ se⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-sa
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-siā / sîn-siǎ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénshè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénshè
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-shê⁴
    • Yale: shén-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernsheh
    • Palladius: шэньшэ (šɛnʹšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ se⁵
    • Yale: sàhn séh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ se⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ sé⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ sɛː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-sa
    • Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ sa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² sa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ sa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-siā
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsia
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ sia³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² sia²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ sia³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² sia²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-siǎ
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-siǎ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² sia²²/

Noun

神社

1. shrine
2. Shinto shrine

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
神	社
じん Grade: 3	じゃ Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
神社 (kyūjitai)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じ​んじゃ [jíꜜǹjà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɲ̟d͡ʑa̠]

Noun

神(じん)社(じゃ) • (jinja) ^{←じんじや (zinzya)?}

1. a shrine, especially a Shinto shrine

Descendants

• → English: jinja

See also

• 寺(てら) (tera), 刹(せつ) (setsu), 教会(きょうかい) (kyōkai), 大聖堂(だいせいどう) (daiseidō), 修道院(しゅうどういん) (shūdōin), 聖地(せいち) (seichi), 聖地面(せいちめん) (seichimen)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
神	社
かむ Grade: 3	やしろ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
神社 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
神	社
かみ Grade: 3	やしろ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
神社 (kyūjitai)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

神(かみ)社(やしろ) or 神(かむ)社(やしろ) • (kamiyashiro or kamuyashiro) 

1. a shrine, especially a Shinto shrine

   椿(つばき)大(おお)神(かみ)社(やしろ)

   Tsubaki Ōkamiyashiro

   Tsubaki Grand Shrine

Proper noun

神(かみ)社(やしろ) • (Kamiyashiro) 

1. a town in Watarai District, Mie Prefecture

Korean

Hanja in this term
神	社

Noun

神社 • (sinsa) (hangeul 신사)

1. Hanja form^? of 신사 (“shrine”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
神	社

Noun

神社

1. chữ Hán form of thần xã (“Shinto shrine”).