shèng

holy, sacred

HSK 6 #960

DEFINITIONS

圣 shèng
  • holy
  • sacred
  • saint
  • sage

STROKES

WORDS

彼得堡 shèng bǐ dé bǎo Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)
贤 shèng xián a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama; wine
体 shèng tǐ the Emperor's body; Jesus' body; communion wafer (in Christian mass)
彼得 shèng bǐ dé Saint Peter
约翰 shèng yuē hàn Saint John
安东尼奥 shèng ān dōng ní ào San Antonio, Texas
火 shèng huǒ sacred fire; Olympic flame
歌 shèng gē hymn
旨 shèng zhǐ imperial edict
代 shèng dài sundae (loanword)
战 shèng zhàn Holy war; jihad
手 shèng shǒu divine physician; sage doctor; highly skilled practitioner
像 shèng xiàng icon; iconic; religious image; figure (of Confucius, Buddha, Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary etc); CL:張|张[zhang1]
帕特里克 shèng pà tè lǐ kè Saint Patrick
马力诺 shèng mǎ lì nuò San Marino
上 shèng shàng courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor
菲 shèng fēi Santa Fe
萨尔瓦多 shèng sà ěr wǎ duō San Salvador, capital of El Salvador
奥古斯丁 shèng ào gǔ sī dīng St Augustine; Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), theologian and Christian philosopher; Sankt Augustin, suburb of Beuel, Bonn, Germany
婴 shèng yīng El Niño (meteorology); Holy Infant (cf biblical nativity story)
孙大 sūn dà shèng Great-Sage Sun; Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1]
心 shèng xīn Sacred Heart (Christian)
卢西亚 shèng lú xī yà Saint Lucia
礼 shèng lǐ Holy sacrament; Christian rite (esp. Protestant); also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics
约 shèng yuē covenant