神祇

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	but; only; earth-spirit but; only; earth-spirit; peace
simp. and trad. (神祇)		神	祇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ kei⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sing⁵ ki⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shéncí
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-chʻi²
    • Yale: shén-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernchyi
    • Palladius: шэньци (šɛnʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 神奇 神祇

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: san⁴ kei⁴
    • Yale: sàhn kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ kʰei̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 神奇 神祇

Note: often mispronounced as san4 zi2.

• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing⁵ ki⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sîng khî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵⁵/

Noun

神祇

1. gods and land spirits
2. deity

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (神祇):

• → Japanese: 神祇(じんぎ) (jingi)
• → Korean: 신기(神祇) (sin'gi)
• → Vietnamese: thần kì (神祇)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	祇
じん Grade: 3	ぎ Jinmeiyō
goon

Alternative spelling
神祇 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 神祇 (MC zyin gjie).

Noun

神(じん)祇(ぎ) • (jingi) 

1. the gods of heaven and earth

Synonyms

• 天(てん)神(じん)地(ち)祇(ぎ) (tenjinchigi)