shèng

holy, sacred

HSK 6 #960

DEFINITIONS

圣 shèng
  • holy
  • sacred
  • saint
  • sage

STROKES

WORDS

涡 shèng wō dimples of Venus; back dimples
潘克勒斯站 shèng pān kè lēi sī zhàn Saint Pancras (London railway station)
灰瞻礼日 shèng huī zhān lǐ rì Ash Wednesday
灰节 shèng huī jié Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
烛节 shèng zhú jié Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
王 shèng wáng sage ruler
皮埃尔和密克隆 shèng pí āi ěr hé mì kè lóng Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
盘 shèng pán Holy Grail
卢西亚岛 shèng lú xī yà dǎo Saint Lucia
祖 shèng zǔ Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722); cf. 康熙[Kang1 xi1]; divine ancester; patron saint
神 shèng shén feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor; general term for saint in former times; term for God during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国; Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity)
神降临 shèng shén jiàng lín Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
神降临周 shèng shén jiàng lín zhōu Whitsuntide
约翰斯 shèng yuē hàn sī St John's, capital of Labrador and Newfoundland province, Canada
纳帕 shèng nà pà Agia Napa, Cyprus; Ayia Napa, Cyprus
索非亚 shèng suǒ fēi yà Hagia Sophia (Greek: Holy wisdom)
索非亚大教堂 shèng suǒ fēi yà dà jiào táng Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)
经外传 shèng jīng wài zhuàn Apocrypha; biography external to the classics
经段落 shèng jīng duàn luò Bible passage
经贤传 shèng jīng xián zhuàn lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts
者 shèng zhě holy one; saint
职 shèng zhí priesthood
胎 shèng tāi immortal body (of born again Daoist)
荷西 shèng hé xī San Jose
训 shèng xùn sage's instructions; imperial edict