成聖

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage
trad. (成聖)		成	聖
simp. (成圣)		成	圣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngshèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ sing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-sṳn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiâⁿ-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngshèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngshèng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-shêng⁴
    • Yale: chéng-shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngshenq
    • Palladius: чэншэн (čɛnšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ sing³
    • Yale: sìhng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-sṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ siin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² sin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ sɨn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâⁿ-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiânn-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviasexng
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²³⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/

Verb

成聖

1. (Christianity) to be sanctified; to become holy
   • 2017, 三吉 (lyrics and music), “憂傷痛悔的靈（詩篇51）”‎^[1]:

     我要得勝　作美好見證　靠祢每步成聖 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     我要得胜　作美好见证　靠祢每步成圣 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ jiu³ dak¹ sing³, zok³ mei⁵ hou² gin³ zing³, kaau³ nei⁵ mui⁵ bou⁶ sing⁴ sing³ [Jyutping]

     I want to have victory, be a good witness, rely on You every step of the way to become holy

Derived terms

• 革凡成聖／革凡成圣

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
成	聖
せい Grade: 4	せい Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

成(せい)聖(せい) • (seisei) 

1. consecration