河神

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Chinese

		river	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad. (河神)		河	神

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héshén

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ san⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héshén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héshén
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-shên²
  - Yale: hé-shén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershern
  - Palladius: хэшэнь (xɛšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʂən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ san⁴
  - Yale: hòh sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ sɐn²¹/

Noun

河神

river god

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (河神):

→ Japanese: 河(か)神(しん) (kashin)
→ Korean: 하신(河神) (hasin)

Proper noun

河神

(literary, specifically) Alternative name for 河伯 (Hébó, “god of the Yellow River”).

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