神麴

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Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	yeast; alcoholic beverage
trad. (神麴/神麯)		神	麴/麯
simp. (神曲^*)		神	曲
alternative forms		神殼／神壳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shénqū, shénqú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄩ, ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ kuk¹ / san⁴ guk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-khak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shénqū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shéncyu
  - Wade–Giles: shên²-chʻü¹
  - Yale: shén-chyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernchiu
  - Palladius: шэньцюй (šɛnʹcjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shénqú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shéncyú
  - Wade–Giles: shên²-chʻü²
  - Yale: shén-chyú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernchyu
  - Palladius: шэньцюй (šɛnʹcjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: san⁴ kuk¹ / san⁴ guk¹
  - Yale: sàhn kūk / sàhn gūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ kuk⁷ / san⁴ guk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ kug¹ / sen⁴ gug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ kʰʊk̚⁵/, /sɐn²¹ kʊk̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    神曲
    神麴 / 神曲
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-khak
  - Tâi-lô: sîn-khak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinqag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² kʰak̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² kʰak̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ kʰak̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² kʰak̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰak̚³²/

Noun

神麴

(traditional Chinese medicine) medicated leaven (used to treat indigestion) famously from Quanzhou

Descendants

→ Tagalog: singkak

Further reading

周长楫 , editor (2006), “神曲”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 , →ISBN, page 356.
小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “神麯”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “神殼”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 371

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