神曲

Chinese

Etymology 1

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
simp. and trad. (神曲)		神	曲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénqǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ kuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-khak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénqǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shéncyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-chʻü³
    • Yale: shén-chyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherncheu
    • Palladius: шэньцюй (šɛnʹcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: san⁴ kuk¹
    • Yale: sàhn kūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ kuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ kug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ kʰʊk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 神曲 神麴／神曲

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-khak
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-khak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinqag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² kʰak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² kʰak̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² kʰak̚³²/

Noun

神曲

1. divine song; divine tune
2. (neologism) supremely good or beautiful music; unbelievably catchy song

Proper noun

神曲

1. the Divine Comedy (long narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed 1320)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 神曲 – see 神麴 (“medicated leaven famously from Quanzhou”). (This term is the simplified form of 神麴).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
神	曲
しん Grade: 3	きょく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
神曲 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

神(しん)曲(きょく) • (Shinkyoku) 

1. the Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
神	曲
かみ Grade: 3	きょく Grade: 3
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
神曲 (kyūjitai)

Noun

神(かみ)曲(きょく) • (kamikyoku) 

1. (Internet slang) amazing song; banger