神麴

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	yeast; alcoholic beverage
trad. (神麴/神麯)		神	麴/麯
simp. (神曲*)		神	曲
alternative forms		神殼／神壳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénqū, shénqú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄩ, ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ kuk¹ / san⁴ guk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-khak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénqū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shéncyu
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-chʻü¹
    • Yale: shén-chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernchiu
    • Palladius: шэньцюй (šɛnʹcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénqú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shéncyú
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-chʻü²
    • Yale: shén-chyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernchyu
    • Palladius: шэньцюй (šɛnʹcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: san⁴ kuk¹ / san⁴ guk¹
    • Yale: sàhn kūk / sàhn gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ kuk⁷ / san⁴ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ kug¹ / sen⁴ gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ kʰʊk̚⁵/, /sɐn²¹ kʊk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 神曲 神麴 / 神曲

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-khak
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-khak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinqag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² kʰak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² kʰak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ kʰak̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² kʰak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰak̚³²/

Noun

神麴

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) medicated leaven (used to treat indigestion) famously from Quanzhou

Descendants

• → Tagalog: singkak

Further reading

• 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “神曲”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 356.
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “神麯”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “神殼”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 371