女神

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (女神)		女	神
simp. #(女神)		女	神
anagram		神女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ san⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-sṳ̀n
• Eastern Min (BUC): nṳ̄-*sìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lú-sîn / lí-sîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): neng² sing⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gniu-zen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔshén
    • Wade–Giles: nü³-shên²
    • Yale: nyǔ-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neushern
    • Palladius: нюйшэнь (njujšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ san⁴
    • Yale: néuih sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ sɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˋ siin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ sɨn¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nṳ̄-*sìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡy³³⁻²¹ siŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: lú-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lwsiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: lí-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lysiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: neng² sing⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ́ng sîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ siŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gniu-zen
    • MiniDict: nyu^去 zen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyy-zen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²² zən⁴⁴/

Noun

女神

1. (religion) female goddess

   民主女神  ―  mínzhǔ nǚshén  ―  Goddess of Democracy

2. (neologism) (of a young female, e.g. a 白富美 (báifùměi)) the goddess of one's heart

Synonyms

• (goddess): 神女 (shénnǚ); (Hokkien) 尪婆, 尪媽／尪妈

Coordinate terms

• 男神 (nánshén)

Derived terms

• 宅男女神

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
女	神
め Grade: 1	かみ > がみ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
女神 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 女 (me, “female”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めがみ [méꜜgàmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

女(め)神(がみ) • (megami) 

1. a goddess (female deity)
   • 1999 December 16, “逆(ぎゃく)転(てん)の女(め)神(がみ) [Goddess of Reversal]”, in ＥＸ [ＥＸ], Konami:

     聖(せい)なる力(ちから)で弱(よわ)き者(もの)を守(まも)り、逆(ぎゃく)転(てん)の力(ちから)を与(あた)える女(め)神(がみ)。

     Seinaru chikara de yowakimono o mamori, gyakuten no chikara o ataeru megami.

     A goddess who grants reversal power and protects the weak with her holy power.

   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ)　それぞれの道(みち) [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 352:

     西(せい)方(ほう)の女(め)神(がみ)エキドナ

     Seihō no Megami Ekidona

     Echidna, Goddess of the West

Antonyms

• 男(お)神(がみ) (ogami, “male god”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 幸(こう)運(うん)の女(め)神(がみ) (Kōun no Megami, “Lady Luck”)
• 正(せい)義(ぎ)の女(め)神(がみ) (Seigi no Megami, “Lady Justice”)
• 自(じ)由(ゆう)の女(め)神(がみ) (Jiyū no Megami, “Lady Liberty”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
女	神
め(の) Grade: 1	かみ Grade: 3

Alternative spelling
女神 (kyūjitai)

From 女 (me, “woman”) +‎ の (no, attributive particle) +‎ 神 (kami, “god”), literally “female god”. Akin to the derivation of megami above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me̞no̞ka̠mʲi]

Noun

女(めの)神(かみ) • (me no kami) 

1. a goddess (female deity)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
女	神
おみな Grade: 1	かみ > がみ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
女神 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 女 (omina, “woman”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞mʲina̠ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

女(おみな)神(がみ) • (ominagami) ^{←をみながみ (wominagami)?}

1. (historical, archaic, possibly obsolete) a kind of paper doll to which one prays for good weather

   Synonym: 照る照る坊主 (teruteru bōzu)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
女	神
おんな Grade: 1	かみ > がみ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
女神 (kyūjitai)

By surface analysis, 女 (onna, “woman”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god”), whereby The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁); may separately be a shift from ominagami above, as the omina component, meaning “woman”, separately shifted to onna in general (see etymology of 女(おんな) (onna). However, the development of the “goddess” meaning is more difficult to explain through this analysis, so a plain compound may be the more likely.

Akin to the formations of megami and me no kami above.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おんながみ [òńnáꜜgàmì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞nːa̠ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

女(おんな)神(がみ) • (onnagami) ^{←をんながみ (wonnagami)?}

1. a goddess (female deity)

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
女	神
じょ Grade: 1	しん Grade: 3
kan'on

Alternative spelling
女神 (kyūjitai)

/djosin/ → /d͡ʑoɕin/

From Middle Chinese 女神 (MC nrjoX zyin).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょしん [jòshíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ɕĩɴ]

Noun

女(じょ)神(しん) • (joshin) ^{←ぢよしん (dyosin)?}

1. a goddess

   Synonym: 女神 (megami)

Korean

Noun

女神 • (yeosin) (hangeul 여신)

1. hanja form^? of 여신 (“goddess”)

Vietnamese

Noun

女神

1. chữ Hán form of nữ thần (“goddess”).