聖賢

See also: 圣贤

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	worthy (person)
trad. (聖賢)		聖	賢
simp. (圣贤)		圣	贤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-hièn / sṳn-hiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-hiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngsián
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-hsien²
    • Yale: shèng-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqshyan
    • Palladius: шэнсянь (šɛnsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ jin⁴
    • Yale: sing yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-hièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin hien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ hian²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ hi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-hiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin hian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ hian²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ hi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-hiân
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-hiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seanghieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hiɛn¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 聖賢

1. (literary) sage; saint