聖子

See also: 圣子

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (聖子)		聖	子
simp. (圣子)		圣	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shèngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shèngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shèngzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: Shêng⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: Shèng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenqtzyy
    • Palladius: Шэнцзы (Šɛnczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sing³ zi²
    • Yale: sing jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 性子 聖子／圣子 聖旨／圣旨 蟶子／蛏子

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• Middle Chinese: syengH tsiX

Rime
Character	聖	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式正切	即里切
Baxter	syengH	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇŋH/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛŋH/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæŋH/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajŋH/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛŋH/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛŋH/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛŋH/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèng	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing3	zi2

Proper noun

聖子

1. (Christianity) God the Son

   • 彌施訶普尊大聖子，廣度苦界救無億。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     弥施诃普尊大圣子，广度苦界救无亿。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 760, 景淨, 《景教三威蒙度讚》

     Míshīhē pǔzūn dà Shèngzǐ, guǎngdù kǔjiè jiù wúyì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	子
しょう Grade: 6	こ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
聖	子
せい Grade: 6	こ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Proper noun

聖(しょう)子(こ) or 聖子(proper) or 聖(せい)子(こ) • (shōko or proper or seiko) [[Category:Japanese
|しょうこ]]

1. a female given name

Derived terms

• 聖子(せいこ)ちゃんカット (Seiko-chan katto)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	子

Noun

聖子 • (seongja) (hangeul 성자)

1. hanja form^? of 성자 (“God the Son”)