神龕

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	niche; shrine
trad. (神龕)		神	龕
simp. (神龛)		神	龛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénkān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄎㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ ham¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-khâm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sen¹ kam¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-kham

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sing⁵ kam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénkān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄎㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénkan
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-kʻan¹
    • Yale: shén-kān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernkan
    • Palladius: шэнькань (šɛnʹkanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ kʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ ham¹
    • Yale: sàhn hām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ ham¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ hem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ hɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-khâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˇ kam^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² kam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ kʰam²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sen¹ kam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sən⁴⁴ kʰam⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-kham
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-kham
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinqafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² kʰam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² kʰam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² kʰam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ kʰam⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing⁵ kam¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sîng kham
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰam³³/

Noun

神龕

1. shrine for idols or ancestral tablets

Synonyms

• (Sichuan) 神龕子／神龛子
• (Hokkien) 祖龕／祖龛