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聖戰

聖戰

See also: 圣战

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

Noun

聖戰

(religion) any kind of holy war, such as a jihad or crusade (Classifier: 場／场)

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)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shèngzhàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄓㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ zin³
Min Nan (POJ): sèng-chiàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shèngzhàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄓㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqjann
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂa̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ zin³
  - Yale: sing jin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dzin³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ t͡siːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-chiàn
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-tsiàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangciexn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕiɛn²¹/