神明

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (神明)		神	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ ming⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-mìn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sen² min²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-bêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sing⁵ mêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénmíng
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-ming²
    • Yale: shén-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernming
    • Palladius: шэньмин (šɛnʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: sàhn mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˇ min^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² min²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ min¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sen² min²
    • Sinological IPA: /sən¹¹ min¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing⁵ mêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sîng mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ meŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

神明

1. deity; god

Derived terms

• 奉如神明
• 奉若神明 (fèngruòshénmíng)
• 攑頭三尺有神明／𫽥头三尺有神明 (gia̍h thâu saⁿ chhioh ū sîn-bîng) (Min Nan)
• 敬若神明
• 舉頭三尺有神明／举头三尺有神明 (jǔtóu sān chǐ yǒu shénmíng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (神明):

• → Japanese: 神明(しんめい) (shinmei)
• → Korean: 신명(神明) (sinmyeong)
• → Vietnamese: thần minh (神明)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	明
しん Grade: 3	めい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
神明 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんめー [shìńméé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) しんめー [shíꜜǹmèè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩmːe̞ː]

Noun

神(しん)明(めい) • (shinmei) 

1. deity

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN