神像

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	(look) like; similar (to); appearance (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem
trad. (神像)		神	像
simp. #(神像)		神	像

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ zoeng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-siong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-siōng / sîn-siāng / sîn-siǒng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zen-zhian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: shén-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernshianq
    • Palladius: шэньсян (šɛnʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: sàhn jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ t͡sœːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˇ xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsiong
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-siāng
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-siāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² siaŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-siǒng
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-siǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zen-zhian
    • MiniDict: zen^去 zhian
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-xxian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² ʑiã⁴⁴/

Noun

神像

1. statue
2. idol; image

Derived terms

• 自由神像 (Zìyóushénxiàng)

 

See also

• 佛像 (fóxiàng)
• 聖像／圣像 (shèngxiàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	像
しん Grade: 3	ぞう Grade: 5
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
神像 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 神像 (MC zyin zjangX, literally “god, deity + statue, image”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんぞー [shìńzóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩnd͡zo̞ː]

Noun

神(しん)像(ぞう) • (shinzō) ^{←しんざう (sinzau)?}

1. a statue, carving, engraving, or image of a kami, or of a figure venerated or revered like a kami

Coordinate terms

• 神体(しんたい) (shintai): a kami's image, real form, or vessel; an embodiment of a kami as an object of worship; the fitting characterization and appearance of a kami in 脇能 (wakinō, “a specific portion of a Noh performance”)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
神	像

Noun

神像

1. chữ Hán form of thần tượng (“idol”).