拜神

Chinese

		to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad. (拜神)		拜	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàishén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baai³ san⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pai-sṳ̀n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pài-sîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàishén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàishén
    • Wade–Giles: pai⁴-shên²
    • Yale: bài-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bayshern
    • Palladius: байшэнь (bajšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baai³ san⁴
    • Yale: baai sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baai³ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bai³ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯³³ sɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pai-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: bai siin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bai⁴ sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /pai̯⁵⁵ sɨn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pài-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: pài-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paesiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ sin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pai¹¹⁻⁵³ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai²¹⁻⁴¹ sin²³/

Verb

拜神

1. to worship a deity; to offer sacrifices to a deity

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 拜神 (“to worship a deity; to offer sacrifices to a deity”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拜神
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	拜拜
	Singapore	拜神
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	拜神
Cantonese	Hong Kong	拜神
Hakka	Meixian	拜神, 敬神
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	拜神, 拜神明, 拜喏, 敬神
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	拜神, 拜神明, 拜喏, 唱喏, 敬神
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	拜神, 拜神明, 拜喏, 敬神
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	拜神, 拜神明, 拜喏, 敬神
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	拜神, 拜神明, 拜喏, 敬神
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	拜神, 拜神明, 敬神
Southern Min	Taipei	拜拜
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	拜拜
	Kaohsiung	拜拜
	Yilan	拜拜
	Changhua (Lukang)	拜拜
	Taichung	拜拜
	Tainan	拜拜
	Hsinchu	拜拜
	Kinmen	拜拜
	Penghu (Magong)	拜拜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拜神
	Leizhou	拜神

See also

• 上香 (shàngxiāng)