死神

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (死神)		死	神
simp. ^#(死神)		死	神

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐshén

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄕㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² san⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sí-sṳ̀n
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-sîn
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-zen

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐshén
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄕㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhshén
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-shên²
  - Yale: sž-shén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshern
  - Palladius: сышэнь (syšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² san⁴
  - Yale: séi sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ sɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sí-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˋ siin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi³ sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /si³¹ sɨn¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: sí-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sysiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sy-zen
  - MiniDict: sy^去 zen
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-zen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ zən⁴⁴/

Noun

死神

Death; Grim Reaper
(tarot) Death
(figurative) death
與死神擦身而過／与死神擦身而过 ― yǔ sǐshén cā shēn ér guò ― a brush with death

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	神
し(に) Grade: 3	かみ > がみ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 死神 – see the following entry.

【死しに神がみ】

[noun] a god or spirit who leads humans toward their death

[noun] (tarot) Death

[proper noun] the Grim Reaper (personification of death)

[proper noun] a rakugo loosely based on the opera Crispino e la comare and revolves around an impoverished man meeting a shinigami

(This term, 死神, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
死	神

Noun

死神 • (sasin) (hangeul 사신)

hanja form^? of 사신 (“Death (personified), God of Death, Grim Reaper”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
死	神

Noun

死神

chữ Hán form of tử thần (“a magical being that rules over, decides on, or embodies death, such as Hades, Pluto, the Grim Reaper or a shinigami”)

Adjective

死神

chữ Hán form of tử thần (“(literary) associated with death, or deities or personifications of death”)