雷神

Chinese

		thunder	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (雷神)		雷	神
simp. ^#(雷神)		雷	神

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): léishén

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄕㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ san⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lùi-sṳ̀n
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶le-zen

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: léishén
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄕㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: léishén
  - Wade–Giles: lei²-shên²
  - Yale: léi-shén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leishern
  - Palladius: лэйшэнь (lɛjšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leoi⁴ san⁴
  - Yale: lèuih sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ sɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùi-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: lui^ˇ siin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lui² sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /lu̯i¹¹ sɨn¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶le-zen
  - MiniDict: le^去 zen
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-zen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² zən⁴⁴/

Noun

雷神

god of thunder

Synonyms

雷公 (léigōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雷	神
らい Grade: S	じん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Proper noun

雷(らい)神(じん) • (Raijin)

(mythology, Shinto): the Japanese god of thunder and lightning

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

雷(らい)神(じん)鳥(ちょう) (raijinchō): a thunderbird.

See also

雷(らい)鳴(めい) (raimei): thunder, thunderclap
落(らく)雷(らい) (rakurai): a thunderbolt, lightning strike
稲(いな)妻(ずま) (inazuma): a thunder or lightning bolt; a lightning strike
稲(こう)光(でん) (kōden): (a flash of) lightning
雷(らい)電(でん) (raiden): thunder & lightning