神明

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (神明)		神	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-mìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénmíng
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-ming²
    • Yale: shén-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernming
    • Palladius: шэньмин (šɛnʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: sàhn mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² min²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ min¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 神明

1. deity; god

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	明
しん Grade: 3	めい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
神明 (kyūjitai)

Noun

神(しん)明(めい) • (shinmei) 

1. deity