神位

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (神位)		神	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ wai^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénwèi
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-wei⁴
    • Yale: shén-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernwey
    • Palladius: шэньвэй (šɛnʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ wai^6-2
    • Yale: sàhn wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ wai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ wei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sin'ui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² ui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² ui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ ui³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 神位

1. a tablet with the name of an ancestor inscribed on it; spirit tablet

神位

Usage notes

The tablet is usually placed in an ancestral hall so that offerings (food, incense etc.) can be placed on an alter in front of it.