神獸

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	beast; quadruped
trad. (神獸)		神	獸
simp. (神兽)		神	兽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ sau³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sing⁵ siu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénshòu
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-shou⁴
    • Yale: shén-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernshow
    • Palladius: шэньшоу (šɛnʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ sau³
    • Yale: sàhn sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ sɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing⁵ siu³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sîng siù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siu²¹³/

Noun

神獸

1. mythological creature
2. (Mainland China, Internet slang) fictional animals invented by Chinese netizens; (specifically) grass mud horse
3. (Mainland China, Internet slang) llama and alpaca in general

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (神獸):

• → Japanese: 神(しん)獣(じゅう) (shinjū)
• → Korean: 신수(神獸) (sinsu)

Proper noun

神獸

1. era name used during the Northern Wei dynasty (528–530)