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

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

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
(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)

deity

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN