神獸
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Chinese
God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being |
beast; quadruped | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (神獸) | 神 | 獸 | |
| simp. (神兽) | 神 | 兽 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄕㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shénshòu
- Wade–Giles: shên2-shou4
- Yale: shén-shòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernshow
- Palladius: шэньшоу (šɛnʹšou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂən³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: san4 sau3
- Yale: sàhn sau
- Cantonese Pinyin: san4 sau3
- Guangdong Romanization: sen4 seo3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐn²¹ sɐu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: sing5 siu3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sîng siù
- Sinological IPA (key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siu²¹³/
- (Teochew)
Noun
神獸
- mythological creature
- (Mainland China, Internet slang) fictional animals invented by Chinese netizens; (specifically) grass mud horse
- (Mainland China, Internet slang) llama and alpaca in general
Descendants
Proper noun
神獸
- era name used during the Northern Wei dynasty (528–530)