神位

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (神位)		神	位

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shénwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ wai^6-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-ūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shénwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shénwèi
  - Wade–Giles: shên²-wei⁴
  - Yale: shén-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernwey
  - Palladius: шэньвэй (šɛnʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san⁴ wai^6-2
  - Yale: sàhn wái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ wai^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ wei^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: sîn-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sin'ui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin²⁴⁻²² ui²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin¹³⁻²² ui²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕin²⁴⁻¹¹ ui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin²³⁻³³ ui³³/

Noun

神位

spirit tablet; ancestral tablet (tablet with the name of an ancestor inscribed on it)

Usage notes

The tablet is usually placed in an ancestral hall so that offerings (food, incense etc.) can be placed on an altar in front of it.

Synonyms

神主 (shénzhǔ)
牌位 (páiwèi)
(Hakka) 阿公婆
(Hokkien, Teochew) 公婆, 公媽／公妈

神位

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.