神交

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
simp. and trad. (神交)		神	交

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ gaau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-kau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénjiao
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-chiao¹
    • Yale: shén-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernjiau
    • Palladius: шэньцзяо (šɛnʹczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ gaau¹
    • Yale: sàhn gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ kaːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-kau
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-kau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinkaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² kau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² kau⁴⁴/

Noun

神交

1. friends with mutual understanding and admiration
2. friendship grown out of mutual admiration without the friends ever having met