聖地

See also: 圣地

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (聖地)		聖	地
simp. (圣地)		圣	地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ dei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-thi
• Min Nan (POJ): sèng-tē / sèng-tōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: shèngdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqdih
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 勝地／胜地 聖地／圣地 聖諦／圣谛

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: sing³ dei⁶
    • Yale: sing deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ déi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ tei̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 勝地／胜地 聖地／圣地

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-thi
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin ti
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ ti⁴
    • IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tē
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangde
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ te³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangdoe
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tue²²/

Noun

聖地

1. sacred place; Holy Land; holy city; mecca
2. shrine
3. (fandom slang) real-life location that served as the model of a fictional location

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Japanese

FWOTD – 19 October 2016

Kanji in this term
聖	地
せい Grade: 6	ち Grade: 2
on’yomi

聖地へようこそ (seichi e yōkoso, “Welcome to the Holy Land”) on a banner at Toyosato Station, near the school that served as a model for the school in K-ON!

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːt͡ɕi]

Noun

聖地 (hiragana せいち, rōmaji seichi)

1. hallowed ground, holy place; the Holy Land
2. (fandom slang) real-life location that served as the model of a fictional location

   聖 (せい)地 (ち)巡 (じゅん)礼 (れい)

   seichi junrei

   "pilgrimage to a holy site"

   • 関根久夫, 埼玉の日本一風土記: 埼玉が誇る自然・歴史・文化を訪ねる読み物ガイド

     アニメ「らき☆すた」の聖 (せい)地 (ち)になった鷲宮神社 (わしのみやじんじゃ)

     Anime “Raki☆Suta” no seichi ni natta Washinomiya Jinja

     Washinomiya Shrine of Lucky Star fame

   • Web Designing編集部, Web Designing 2016年8月号

     実 (じつ)は、興 (きょう)味 (み)が「アニメの聖 (せい)地 (ち)めぐり」でして、聖 (せい)地 (ち)を回 (まわ)った時 (とき)の動 (どう)画 (が)をまとめてInstagramにアップしていこうかな、なんて思 (おも)っております。先週末 (せんしゅうまつ)は、「トトロの森 (もり)」のある、埼玉県 (さいたまけん)の狭山丘陵 (さやまきゅうりょう)まで行 (い)って動 (どう)画 (が)を撮影 (さつえい)。

     Jitsu wa, kyōmi ga “anime no seichi meguri” deshite, seichi o mawatta toki no dōga o matomete Instagram ni appu shiteikō ka na, nante omotteorimasu. Senshūmatsu wa, “Totoro no Mori” no aru, Saitama-ken no Sayama Kyūryō made itte dōga o satsuei.

     Actually, my interest is "going around to anime holy sites", and I'm wondering if I should collect together and upload to Instagram the videos I took when I went. Last weekend, I went to "Totoro Forest," Sayama Hills, Saitama, and took videos.

Synonyms

• 聖 (しょう)土 (ど) (shōdo): hallowed ground
• 聖 (せい)地 (ち)面 (めん) (seichimen): hallowed ground
• 浄 (じょう)土 (ど) (jōdo): (Buddhism) The Pure Land, Nirvana

Coordinate terms

• 聖水 (せいすい) (seisui): holy water
• 聖 (せい)酒 (しゅ) (seishu): sacramental wine
• 聖 (せい)火 (か) (seika): a sacred fire or flame

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Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	地

Noun

聖地 • (seongji) (hangeul 성지)

1. Hanja form^? of 성지, “This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.”.