河神

Chinese

		river	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad. (河神)		河	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héshén
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-shên²
    • Yale: hé-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershern
    • Palladius: хэшэнь (xɛšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ san⁴
    • Yale: hòh sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ sɐn²¹/

Noun

河神

1. river god

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (河神):

• → Japanese: 河(か)神(しん) (kashin)
• → Korean: 하신(河神) (hasin)

Proper noun

河神

1. (literary, specifically) Alternative name for 河伯 (Hébó, “god of the Yellow River”).