瘟神

Chinese

		epidemic; pestilence; plague	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (瘟神)		瘟	神
simp. #(瘟神)		瘟	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēnshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan¹ san⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un-sîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēnshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wunshén
    • Wade–Giles: wên¹-shên²
    • Yale: wēn-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uenshern
    • Palladius: вэньшэнь (vɛnʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan¹ san⁴
    • Yale: wān sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen¹ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: un-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: unsiin
    • IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²³/

Noun

瘟神

1. (Chinese folk religion) god of plague (Wen Shen)
2. (figurative) person or thing shunned by people; plague; troublemaker

Derived terms

• 送瘟神 (sòng wēnshén)