聖水

See also: 圣水

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	water; river
trad. (聖水)		聖	水
simp. (圣水)		圣	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèngshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ seoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-súi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèngshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèngshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-shui³
  - Yale: shèng-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqshoei
  - Palladius: шэншуй (šɛnšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ seoi²
  - Yale: sing séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ sɵy̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: siin sui^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

聖水

holy water

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	水
せい Grade: 6	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Origin unclear. May have been coined in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived elements, or may have been borrowed from Chinese.

Uncommon term. Not included in some monolingual dictionaries.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーすい [sèésúí] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːsɨi]

Noun

聖(せい)水(すい) • (seisui)

(Christianity) holy water
(slang) (female's) urine

Coordinate terms

聖酒(せいしゅ) (seishu): sacramental wine
聖香(きよか) (kiyoka): sacramental incense
聖火(せいか) (seika): a sacred fire or flames
聖地(せいち) (seichi): hallowed ground
禊(みそぎ) (misogi): Shinto rite of sacred washing

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	水

Noun

聖水 • (seongsu) (hangeul 성수)

hanja form^? of 성수 (“holy water”)