神話

See also: 神话

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (神話)		神	話
simp. (神话)		神	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shénhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шынхуа (šɨnhua, III-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ waa^6-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-fa
• Eastern Min (BUC): sìng-uâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-ōe / sîn-ōa
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zen-gho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénhuà
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-hua⁴
    • Yale: shén-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernhuah
    • Palladius: шэньхуа (šɛnʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шынхуа (šɨnhua, III-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂəŋ⁴⁴ xua⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ waa^6-2
    • Yale: sàhn wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ waː²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ fa⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng-uâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋuɑ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sin'oe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² ue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ ue³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ ue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sin'oa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² ua²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zen-gho
    • MiniDict: zen^去 gho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-hho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² ɦo⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 神話

1. myth; fairy tale; mythology

   神話人物／神话人物  ―  shénhuà rénwù  ―  mythological figure

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (神話):

• → Japanese: 神(しん)話(わ) (shinwa)
• → Korean: 신화(神話) (sinhwa)
• → Vietnamese: thần thoại (神話)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	話
しん Grade: 3	わ Grade: 2
kan’yōon

Alternative spelling
神話 (kyūjitai)

Noun

神(しん)話(わ) • (shinwa) 

1. myth; mythology (divine story)

   建国(けんこく)神話(しんわ)

   kenkoku shinwa

   a myth of the national foundation, a founding myth

   • 1999 July 5, “ヨルムンガルド [Jormungarde]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:

     神(しん)話(わ)の世(せ)界(かい)に出(で)てくるヘビ。非(ひ)常(じょう)に長(なが)い。

     Shinwa no sekai ni detekuru hebi. Hijō ni nagai.

     An unfathomably long serpent from the world of mythology.

   • 2000 April 20, “ヴァルキリー [Valkyrie]”, in Magic Ruler －魔法の支配者－, Konami:

     神(しん)話(わ)に出(で)てくる闘(たたか)いの天(てん)使(し)。手(て)にする槍(やり)で天(てん)罰(ばつ)を下(くだ)す。

     Shinwa ni detekuru tatakai no tenshi. Te ni suru yari de tenbatsu o kudasu.

     A fighting angel featured in mythology. She passes down divine punishment with the spear in her hand.

2. myth (baselessly absolutized concept)

   大銀行(だいぎんこう)は潰(つぶ)れないという神話(しんわ)は崩(くず)れた。

   Daiginkō wa tsuburenai to iu shinwa wa kuzureta.

   The myth of immortality of big banks has collapsed.

See also

• 神話学(しんわがく) (shinwagaku)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
神	話

Noun

神話 • (sinhwa) (hangeul 신화)

1. Hanja form^? of 신화 (“mythology”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
神	話

Noun

神話

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