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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-tē / sèng-tōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngdì
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: shèng-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqdih
    • Palladius: шэнди (šɛndi)
    • Sinological 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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sing³ dei⁶
    • Yale: sing deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ déi⁶
    • Sinological 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
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tē
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangde
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ te³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangdoe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tue³³/

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

Japanese

FWOTD – 19 October 2016

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

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 the anime K-ON!

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せ​ーち [séꜜèchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːt͡ɕi]

Noun

聖(せい)地(ち) • (seichi) 

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

   聖地(せいち)巡礼(じゅんれい)

   seichi junrei

   "pilgrimage to a holy site"

   • 2010, 関根久夫, 埼玉の日本一風土記, 幹書房, page 254:

     アニメ「らき☆すた」の聖地(せいち)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

   • 2016, Web Designing [Web Designing], number 179, page 96:

     実(じつ)は、興味(きょうみ)が「アニメの聖地(せいち)めぐり」でして、聖地(せいち)を回(まわ)った時(とき)の動画(どうが)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)って動画(どうが)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 "visiting 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 Sayama Hills, Saitama, which has "Totoro Forest," and took videos.

3. (slang) mecca (very important place to visit by people with a particular interest)

   秋(あき)葉原(はばら)はオタクの聖(せい)地(ち)。

   Akihabara wa otaku no seichi.

   Akihabara is a mecca for the otaku.

Synonyms

• 聖土(しょうど) (shōdo): hallowed ground
• 聖地面(せいちめん) (seichimen): hallowed ground
• 浄土(じょうど) (jōdo): (Buddhism) The Pure Land, Nirvana

Coordinate terms

• 聖水(せいすい) (seisui): holy water
• 聖酒(せいしゅ) (seishu): sacramental wine
• 聖火(せいか) (seika): a sacred fire or flame

Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	地

Noun

聖地 • (seongji) (hangeul 성지)

1. Hanja form^? of 성지 (“hallowed ground; holy land”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
聖	地

Noun

聖地

1. chữ Hán form of thánh địa (“holy land; sanctuary”).