shèng

holy, sacred

HSK 6 #960

DEFINITIONS

圣 shèng
  • holy
  • sacred
  • saint
  • sage

STROKES

WORDS

约瑟夫 shèng yuē sè fū Saint Joseph
药 shèng yào panacea
凯瑟琳 shèng kǎi sè lín Saint Catherine
君 shèng jūn sage
多明各 shèng duō míng gè Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic
庙 shèng miào shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius)
诗 shèng shī hymn
yà shèng Second Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] in Confucian studies
伊斯兰战组织 yī sī lán shèng zhàn zǔ zhī Islamic Jihad (Palestinian armed faction)
rù shèng to become an arhat (Buddhism)
博科地 bó kē shèng dì Boko Haram, Islamic insurgent group in north Nigeria
婴 fǎn shèng yīng La Niña (counterpart of El Niño in meteorology)
谛 sì shèng dì the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism); see also 四諦|四谛[si4 di4] and 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]
基督体节 jī dū shèng tǐ jié Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)
dà shèng great sage; mahatma; king; emperor; outstanding personage; Buddha
人 kǒng shèng rén the Sage Confucius
宪 xiào shèng xiàn Empress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正[Yong1 zheng4] and mother of Emperor Qianlong 乾隆[Qian2 long2]
侯 zōng shèng hóu hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
公 zōng shèng gōng hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
山中训 shān zhōng shèng xùn the Sermon on the Mount
巴黎母院 bā lí shèng mǔ yuàn Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)
教义和约 jiào yì hé shèng yuē Doctrine and Covenants
区 wén shèng qū Wensheng district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 shi4], Liaoning
shū shèng great calligraphy master; the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之[Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] (303-361)
朝拜山 cháo bài shèng shān a pilgrimage to a holy mountain