瘟神
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Chinese
| epidemic; pestilence; plague | God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (瘟神) | 瘟 | 神 | |
| simp. #(瘟神) | 瘟 | 神 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄣ ㄕㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wunshén
- Wade–Giles: wên1-shên2
- Yale: wēn-shén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uenshern
- Palladius: вэньшэнь (vɛnʹšɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wən⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wan1 san4
- Yale: wān sàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: wan1 san4
- Guangdong Romanization: wen1 sen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐn⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-sîn
- Tâi-lô: un-sîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: unsiin
- IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
瘟神
- (Chinese folk religion) god of plague (Wen Shen)
- (figurative) person or thing shunned by people; plague; troublemaker
Derived terms
- 送瘟神 (sòng wēnshén)