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
- 圣君(聖君) sage
- 圣诞卡(聖誕卡) Christmas card
- 大圣(大聖) a great sage
- 圣职(聖職) priesthood
- 衍圣公(衍聖公) hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
- 孙大圣(孫大聖) Great-Sage Sun; Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空
- 圣母峰(聖母峰) Goddess peak; Mt Everest
- 圣人(聖人) a sage ; the Sage [Confucius] ; the Sage [Emperor] ; sake ; a saint
- 圣歌(聖歌) hymn
- 圣经段落(聖經段落) Bible passage
- 圣灵(聖靈) Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit
- 圣心节(聖心節) Feast of the Sacred Heart
- 圣奥古斯丁(聖奧古斯丁) St Augustine
- 圣手(聖手) divine physician; sage doctor; highly skilled practitioner
- 圣塔伦(聖塔倫) Santarém (Portugal) / Santarém (Brazil)
- 圣分(聖分) sagehood
- 元圣(元聖) the paramount sage
- 圣地(聖地) holy land; a sacred place
- 穆圣(穆聖) Prophet Muhammad
- 圣经贤传(聖經賢傳) holy scripture and biography of sage; refers to Confucian canonical texts
- 旧约圣经(舊約聖經) Old Testament
- 圣像(聖像) icon; iconic; religious image; figure
- 亚圣(亞聖) a secondary sage
- 圣安地列斯断层(聖安地列斯斷層) San Andreas Fault, California
- 三皇大圣人(三皇大聖人) the Three Emperors were saintly men
- 圣知(聖知) intelligent and wise
- 祭圣(祭聖) sacrifice to a sage
- 圣德克旭贝里(聖德克旭貝里) (Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry
- 圣明(聖明) enlightened sage; brilliant master ; King Song Myong
- 圣诞(聖誕) Christmas
- 圣水(聖水) holy water
- 棋圣(棋聖) a chess master; a chess expert
- 耶稣基督后期圣徒教会(耶穌基督後期聖徒教會) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 圣杯(聖杯) Holy Grail
- 圣餐(聖餐) Holy communion (of the Christian mass); sacrament
Also contained in
黄圣依 、 圣杰罗姆 、 圣大非 、 辽圣宗 、 圣赫勒拿 、 证圣 、 神圣罗马帝国 、 圣马丁 、 圣多美 、 文圣区 、 圣伯多禄大殿 、 圣马力诺 、 嗣圣 、 圣克鲁斯岛 、 廓然无圣 、 圣萨尔瓦多
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: 13
- 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
- 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: 4
- 作圣 (作聖) 睿作聖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 4
- 后圣 (後聖) 之義以俟後聖 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — 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
- 圣道 (聖道) 昔者南榮疇恥聖道之獨亡於己 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十九 脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort — count: 3
- 圣广 (聖廣) 克齊聖廣淵 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 微子之命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Count of Wei — count: 3