聖戰

See also: 圣战 and 聖戦

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle
trad. (聖戰)		聖	戰
simp. (圣战)		圣	战

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèngzhàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄓㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ zin³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-chiàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèngzhàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄓㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèngjhàn
  - Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-chan⁴
  - Yale: shèng-jàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqjann
  - Palladius: шэнчжань (šɛnčžanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ zin³
  - Yale: sing jin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dzin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ jin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ t͡siːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-chiàn
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-tsiàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangciexn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɛn²¹/

Noun

聖戰

(religion) holy war; jihad; crusade (Classifier: 場／场 m c)

Synonyms

宗教戰爭／宗教战争 (zōngjiào zhànzhēng)

Derived terms

回教聖戰 / 回教圣战
聖戰分子 / 圣战分子
聖戰者 / 圣战者 (shèngzhànzhě)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (聖戰):

→ Japanese: 聖(せい)戦(せん) (seisen)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	戰
せい Grade: 6	せん Jinmeiyō
kan'on	on'yomi

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

【聖戦せいせん】

[noun] a holy war

(This term, 聖戰, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)