聖上

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Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (聖上)		聖	上
simp. (圣上)		圣	上
anagram		上聖／上圣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèngshàng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ soeng⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-siōng / sèng-siāng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèngshàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèngshàng
  - Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-shang⁴
  - Yale: shèng-shàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqshanq
  - Palladius: шэншан (šɛnšan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ soeng⁶
  - Yale: sing seuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ soeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ sêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ sœːŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-siōng
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-siōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangsiong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-siāng
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-siāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangsiang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ²²/

Middle Chinese: syengH dzyangX|dzyangH

Rime
Character	聖	上	上
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	常 (25)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	式正切	時掌切	時亮切
Baxter	syengH	dzyangX	dzyangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇŋ^H/	/d͡ʑɨɐŋ^X/	/d͡ʑɨɐŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛŋ^H/	/d͡ʑiɐŋ^X/	/d͡ʑiɐŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæŋ^H/	/d͡ʑiɑŋ^X/	/d͡ʑiɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajŋ^H/	/d͡ʑɨaŋ^X/	/d͡ʑɨaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛŋ^H/	/ʑiaŋ^X/	/ʑiaŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛŋ^H/	/ʑĭaŋ^X/	/ʑĭaŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛŋ^H/	/ʑi̯aŋ^X/	/ʑi̯aŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèng	shàng	shàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing³	soeng⁶	soeng⁶

Noun

聖上

Your Majesty; His Majesty (courtier's or minister's form of address for the current emperor)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	上
せい Grade: 6	じょう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

聖(せい)上(じょう) • (seijō)

His Majesty (form of address for the reigning emperor)

Synonyms

今上天皇(きんじょうてんのう) (kinjōtennō)

See also

聖上 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

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