守護神

See also: 守护神

Chinese

		to guard; to protect; to safeguard	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (守護神)		守護	神
simp. (守护神)		守护	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuhùshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨˋ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² wu⁶ san⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): siú-hō͘-sîn

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǒuhùshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨˋ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouhuhshenr
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu⁵¹ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² wu⁶ san⁴
    • Yale: sáu wuh sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² wu⁶ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² wu⁶ sen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ wuː²² sɐn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-hō͘-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: siú-hōo-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'hoxsiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²⁻²¹ ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁴¹⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²⁻²¹ ɕin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³⁻¹¹ ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³⁻²¹ ɕin²³/

Noun

守護神

1. tutelary deity; protector god; patron saint

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (守護神):

• Japanese: 守 (しゅ)護 (ご)神 (しん) (shugoshin)
• Korean: 수호신 (守護神, suhosin)

---

Japanese

Kanji in this term
守	護	神
しゅ Grade: 3	ご Grade: 5	しん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 守護 (shugo, “protection”) +‎ 神 (shin, “god, deity”).

Noun

守護神 (hiragana しゅごしん, rōmaji shugoshin)

1. a tutelary deity
2. (baseball) closer

Synonyms

• 守 (まも)り神 (がみ) (mamorigami)
• クローザー (kurōzā)

See also

• tutelary deity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 祖 (そ)神 (しん) (soshin): spirit of an ancestor
• 犬神 (いぬがみ) (inugami): a guardian dog spirit (see; inugami)