聖戰

See also: 圣战 and 聖戦

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle
trad. (聖戰)		聖	戰
simp. (圣战)		圣	战

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngzhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ zin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-chiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngzhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngjhàn
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-chan⁴
    • Yale: shèng-jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqjann
    • Palladius: шэнчжань (šɛnčžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ zin³
    • Yale: sing jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ t͡siːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-chiàn
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tsiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangciexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɛn²¹/

Noun

聖戰

1. (religion) holy war; jihad; crusade (Classifier: 場／场 m c)

Synonyms

• 宗教戰爭／宗教战争 (zōngjiào zhànzhēng)

Derived terms

• 回教聖戰／回教圣战
• 聖戰分子／圣战分子
• 聖戰者／圣战者 (shèngzhànzhě)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (聖戰):

• → Japanese: 聖(せい)戦(せん) (seisen)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	戰
せい Grade: 6	せん Jinmeiyō
kan’on	on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 聖戰 – see the following entry.

【聖戦せいせん】 [noun] a holy war

(This term, 聖戰, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)