聖杯

See also: 圣杯

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	drinkware; cup; glass
trad. (聖杯)		聖	杯
simp. (圣杯)		圣	杯
alternative forms		聖桮／圣桮 Min Nan 聖𤖯／圣𤖯 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngbēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ bui¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-poe / siàⁿ-poe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng³ buê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngbēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngbei
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-pei¹
    • Yale: shèng-bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqbei
    • Palladius: шэнбэй (šɛnbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ bui¹
    • Yale: sing būi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ bui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ bui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ puːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-poe
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-pue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangpoef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pue³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ pue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ pue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàⁿ-poe
    • Tâi-lô: siànn-pue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviarpoef
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng³ buê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sèng pue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pue³³/

Noun

聖杯

1. Holy Grail
2. good result in divination using moon blocks (showing with one block flat and another block round)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖杯 (“good result in divination using moon blocks”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聖杯, 聖筊, 聖珓
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	聖卦
	Wuhan	聖卦, 順卦
	Liuzhou	陰陽珓, 陰陽卦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	勝杯
	Dongguan	勝杯
Gan	Nanchang	聖筊
	Lichuan	聖珓
	Pingxiang	順卦
Hakka	Meixian	聖珓
	Yudu	聖珓
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聖珓
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聖珓
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聖珓
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聖珓
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聖珓
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聖珓
Huizhou	Jixi	勝珓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	聖珓
Southern Min	Xiamen	聖杯, 准杯, 上杯, 正杯
	Quanzhou	信杯
	Zhangzhou	象杯
	Taipei	象杯
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	聖杯
	Kaohsiung	象杯
	Yilan	象杯
	Changhua (Lukang)	一杯
	Taichung	象杯
	Tainan	象杯
	Hsinchu	象杯
	Kinmen	象杯
	Penghu (Magong)	象杯
	Manila (Hokkien)	象杯
	Haikou	聖杯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	陰陽珓
Wu	Ningbo	聖珓
	Jinhua	聖珓
Xiang	Changsha	聖卦
	Loudi	聖卦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	杯
せい Grade: 6	はい Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

聖 (sei-, “holy”) +‎ 杯 (hai, “cup”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーはい [sèéháí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːha̠i]

Proper noun

聖(せい)杯(はい) • (Seihai) 

1. the Holy Grail

See also

• 聖(せい)遺(い)物(ぶつ) (seiibutsu)
• 聖(せい)水(すい) (seisui, “holy water”)
• 聖(せい)酒(しゅ) (seishu, “sacramental wine”)