神通

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (神通)		神	通
simp. #(神通)		神	通
anagram		通神

Etymology

Originally a Buddhist concept, it referred to one who possessed divine powers. Later on, it came to be used metaphorically to describe to anyone with a special talent.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shéntōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ tung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-thong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shéntōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shéntong
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-tʻung¹
    • Yale: shén-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherntong
    • Palladius: шэньтун (šɛnʹtun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ tung¹
    • Yale: sàhn tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-thong
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sintofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 神通

1. special talent; remarkable ability
2. magical power

Related terms

• 靈通／灵通 (língtōng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	通
じん Grade: 3	つう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
神通 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  神通 (shéntōng).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɴzu͍ː], [d͡ʑiɴd͡zu͍ː], [d͡ʑiɴt͡su͍ː]

Noun

神通(じんずう) • (jinzū) ^{←じんづう (zinduu)?} (alternative reading hiragana じんつう, rōmaji jintsū)

1. (Buddhism) a divine or special talent
2. (figuratively) a divine or special talent

Derived terms

• 神通力(じんずうりき) (jinzūriki): supernatural force, power, or energy
• 神通川(じんづうがわ) (Jinzūgawa), 神通川(じんつうがわ) (Jintsūgawa): the Jintsū or Jinzū River in Toyama Prefecture

See also

• 神通 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja