shen

See also: shén, shèn, Shén, shēn, shěn, shën, and shə́ŋ

English

Etymology 1

Noun

shen (plural shens or shen)

1. A deity or a spirit, in Chinese folk religion.

Etymology 2

Noun

shen (plural shens or shen)

1. (mythology) In Chinese mythology, a shapeshifting dragon or shellfish-type sea monster believed to create mirages.

See also

• shen ring

Mandarin

Romanization

shen

1. nonstandard spelling of shēn
2. nonstandard spelling of shén
3. nonstandard spelling of shěn
4. nonstandard spelling of shèn

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish sin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃen/, [ʃɛn], [ʃɛᵈn]

Determiner

shen

1. (used with the definite article) that

   yn fer shen ― that man

Pronoun

shen

1. that

   Shen my voir.

   That is my mother.

Derived terms

• er shen
• voish shen

Mutation

Mutation of shen

radical	lenition	eclipsis
shen	hen after "yn", çhen	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Papiamentu

Papiamentu numbers ^(edit)

←  10	←  90	100	200  →
		10
Cardinal: shen

Etymology

From Spanish cien.

Numeral

shen

1. hundred (100)