聖子

See also: 圣子

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (聖子)		聖	子
simp. (圣子)		圣	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shèngzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shèngzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shèngzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: Shêng⁴-tzŭ³
  - Yale: Shèng-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenqtzyy
  - Palladius: Шэнцзы (Šɛnczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sing³ zi²
  - Yale: sing jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    性子
    聖子 / 圣子
    聖旨 / 圣旨
    蟶子 / 蛏子

Middle Chinese: syengH tsiX

Rime
Character	聖	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式正切	即里切
Baxter	syengH	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇŋ^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛŋ^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæŋ^H/	/t͡sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajŋ^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛŋ^H/	/t͡siə^X/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛŋ^H/	/t͡sĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛŋ^H/	/t͡si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèng	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing³	zi²

Proper noun

聖子

(Christianity) God the Son
- 彌施訶普尊大聖子，廣度苦界救無億。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  弥施诃普尊大圣子，广度苦界救无亿。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 760, 景淨, 《景教三威蒙度讚》
  Míshīhē pǔzūn dà Shèngzǐ, guǎngdù kǔjiè jiù wúyì. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	子
しょう Grade: 6	こ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
聖	子
せい Grade: 6	こ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Proper noun

聖(しょう)子(こ) or 聖(せい)子(こ) • (Shōko or Seiko)

a female given name

Derived terms

聖子(せいこ)ちゃんカット (Seiko-chan katto)

Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	子

Noun

聖子 • (seongja) (hangeul 성자)

hanja form^? of 성자 (“God the Son”)