下神

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad. (下神)		下	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàshén
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-shên²
    • Yale: syà-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahshern
    • Palladius: сяшэнь (sjašɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ san⁴
    • Yale: hah sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² sɐn²¹/

Verb

下⫽神 (verb-object)

1. to act as if possessed by a god or spirit; to claim to be bewitched (of a witch, sorceress, etc.)

Synonyms

• (Hainanese, Leizhou Min) 落公
• (Teochew) 落神, 落老爺／落老爷