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神明

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

Noun

神明

deity

Derived terms

奉如神明
奉若神明

敬若神明
舉頭三尺有神明／举头三尺有神明 (jǔtóu sān chǐ yǒu shénmíng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	明
しん Grade: 3	めい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi: Kan'on
(Tokyo) しんめい [shìńméé] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) しんめい [shíꜜǹmèè] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩmme̞ː]

Noun

神明 ‎(hiragana しんめい, romaji shinmei)

deity

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shénmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ ming⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-mìn
Min Nan (POJ): sîn-bêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shénmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenrming
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: san⁴ ming⁴
  - Yale: sàhn mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ ming⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ minˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin² min²
  - IPA: /sɨn¹¹ min¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: sîn-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinbeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕin²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/