圣 (聖) shèng
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shèng
adjective
sacred
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
Notes: (Giles 1892 '聖'; Kroll 2015 '聖' 2b, p. 410) -
shèng
adjective
clever; wise; shrewd
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 圣 has the same meaning as 乖觉 (Guoyu '聖' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '聖' 2, p. 410) -
shèng
noun
a master; an expert
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, chess master 棋圣 (FGDB '聖'; Guoyu '聖' n 2; Kroll 2015 '聖' 3, p. 410) -
shèng
noun
a sage; a wise man; a saint
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
Notes: In this sense 圣 has the same meaning as 圣人; in a Buddhist context, this translates the Sanskrit term ārya (BL 'ārya'; BCSD '聖'; FGDB '聖'; Guoyu '聖' n 1; MW 'ārya'). -
shèng
adjective
noble; sovereign; without peer
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 君主的 (Guoyu '聖' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '聖' 1, p. 410) -
shèng
adjective
agile
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '聖' 4, p. 410)
Contained in
- 朝圣者(朝聖者) a pilgram
- 圣灰瞻礼日(聖灰瞻禮日) Ash Wednesday
- 圣卢西亚(聖盧西亞) Saint Lucia
- 圣神降临周(聖神降臨週) Whitsuntide
- 圣贤书(聖賢書) holy book
- 美国圣公会(美國聖公會) United States Episcopal Church
- 圣谕(聖諭) imperial edict
- 圣克鲁斯(聖克魯斯) Santa Cruz
- 圣诞卡(聖誕卡) Christmas card
- 圣潘克勒斯站(聖潘克勒斯站) Saint Pancras (London railway station)
- 圣人(聖人) a sage ; the Sage [Confucius] ; the Sage [Emperor] ; sake ; a saint
- 圣母玛利亚(聖母瑪利亞) Mary (mother of Jesus)
- 圣赫勒拿岛(聖赫勒拿島) Saint Helena
- 希伯来圣经(希伯來聖經) Hebrew Bible; Tanakh
- 圣人知之(聖人知之) sages know this
- 圣哲(聖哲) a sage
- 圣经贤传(聖經賢傳) holy scripture and biography of sage; refers to Confucian canonical texts
- 醉圣(醉聖) the Sage of intoxication
- 圣凯瑟琳(聖凱瑟琳) Saint Catherine
- 圣礼(聖禮) Holy sacrament; Christian rite
- 祭圣(祭聖) sacrifice to a sage
- 圣神降临(聖神降臨) Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
- 圣分(聖分) sagehood
- 圣哉经(聖哉經) Sanctus (section of Catholic mass)
- 圣德克旭贝里(聖德克旭貝里) (Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry
- 圣餐礼(聖餐禮) The Eucharist; Holy Communion; the Lord's Supper
- 圣诞花(聖誕花) poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
- 圣彼得(聖彼得) Saint Peter
- 圣洗(聖洗) baptism (Christian ceremony)
- 圣约翰(聖約翰) Saint John
- 圣灰节(聖灰節) Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
- 圣心节(聖心節) Feast of the Sacred Heart
- 成圣(成聖) to make holy
- 圣神(聖神) 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) ; God ; Holy Spirit
- 圣化(聖化) to sanctify; sanctification; consecrate
Also contained in
圣胡安 、 圣诞颂 、 圣安多尼堂区 、 圣荷西 、 神武元圣孝皇帝 、 圣马力诺 、 圣城 、 圣体节 、 圣克鲁斯岛 、 圣路易斯 、 武圣 、 圣地牙哥 、 圣祖 、 圣菲 、 诗圣 、 圣旨
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷六十三 志第三十九 樂三 Volume 63 Treatises 39: Music 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 60
- 卷二十二 志第十二 樂四 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 47
- 卷一百三十八 志第九十一 樂十三 Volume 138 Treatises 91: Music 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 43
- 卷二十 志第十 樂二 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Music 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 42
- 卷一百三十九 志第九十二 樂十四 Volume 139 Treatises 92: Music 14 History of Song 宋史 — count: 39
- 卷二百四十三 列傳第二 后妃下 Volume 243 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 37
- 卷四十八 志第十七下: 百官志四 Volume 48 Treatises 18: Official Posts 4 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 33
- 卷二 魏書二 文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 33
- 卷一百十四 列傳第二 后妃二 Volume 114 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
- 卷二十三 志第十三 樂下 Volume 23 Treatises 13: Music Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 29
Collocations
- 圣主 (聖主) 聖主也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九 主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 12
- 圣智 (聖智) 君自以爲聖智而不問事 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 七患 Book 1 - The Seven Worries — count: 11
- 圣臣 (聖臣) 有聖臣者 — Xunzi 荀子, 臣道篇第十三 Chapter 13: The Way of the Statesman — count: 9
- 齐圣 (齊聖) 人之齊聖 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小宛 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Wan — count: 6
- 作圣 (作聖) 睿作聖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 4
- 彦圣 (彥聖) 人之彥聖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 秦誓 Zhou Shu - Speech of the Marquis of Qin — count: 4
- 王圣 (王聖) 是故明王聖主之治 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷一 君道 Chapter 1: The Way of the Ruler — count: 3
- 明圣 (明聖) 明聖也 — Guanzi 管子, 霸言第二十三 Chapter 23: The Sovereign's Words — count: 3
- 圣帝 (聖帝) 昔聖帝明王諸侯 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《仲尼燕居》 Zhong-ni at Home at Ease — count: 3
- 曰圣 (曰聖) 曰聖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3