海神

Chinese

		ocean; sea	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad. (海神)		海	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎishén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² san⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hái-sîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎishén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎishén
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-shên²
    • Yale: hǎi-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeshern
    • Palladius: хайшэнь (xajšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² san⁴
    • Yale: hói sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ sɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hái-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: Hái-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haysiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 海神

1. sea god
2. Poseidon; Neptune
3. Davy Jones

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	神
かい Grade: 2	じん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
海神 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 海神 (MC xojX zyin).

Noun

海(かい)神(じん) • (kaijin) 

1. a sea god