神 shén

1. shén adjective divine; mysterious; magical; supernatural
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
   Notes: In the sense of 玄妙 (CCD '神' 3; Giles 1892 '神'; Guoyu '神' adj; NCCED '神' 2)
2. shén noun a deity; a god; a spiritual being
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
   Notes: In the sense of 天神; for example, 山神 'mountain god' (CCD '神' 1; Giles 1892 '神'; Guoyu '神' n 1; NCCED '神' 1)
3. shén noun spirit; will; attention
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 精神; for example, 伤神 'loose spirit' (Guoyu '神' n 3)
4. shén noun soul; spirit; divine essence
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
   Notes: (CCD '神' 4; Giles 1892 '神'; Guoyu '神' n 2; NCCED '神' 3)
5. shén noun expression
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 神 is synonymous with 表情 in this sense (CCD '神' 5; Han Dian '神' 10; NCCED '神' 4).
6. shén noun a portrait
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 神 is synonymous with 肖像 in this sense (Han Dian '神' 12)
7. shén noun a person with supernatural powers
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
   Notes: (CCD '神' 2)
8. shén proper noun Shen
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (CCD '神' 6; Guoyu '神' n 4)

Contained in

• 軃神 frivolous youth
• 心领神悟(心領神悟) to understand tacitly; to know intuitively; to understand thoroughly
• 降神 descending spirits
• 自然神论(自然神論) Deism
• 树神(樹神) a tree spirit
• 神笔(神筆) divine pen; outstanding writing
• 鬼神 spirits and devils; a demon
• 团队精神(團隊精神) group mentality; collectivism; solidarity; team spirit
• 精神训话(精神訓話) pep talk
• 有神论(有神論) theism
• 六神 the six spirits
• 神经元(神經元) a neuron
• 暗黑破坏神(暗黑破壞神) Diablo (video game series)
• 神童 child prodigy
• 神农(神農) Emperor Shen Nong
• 精神分析家 psychoanalyst
• 定神 to compose oneself; to concentrate one's attention
• 视神经(視神經) optic nerve
• 月女神 Moon Goddess
• 超泛神论(超泛神論) panentheism, theological theory of God as equal to the Universe while transcending it
• 神经网(神經網) neural net
• 请神容易送神难(請神容易送神難) it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
• 江神 a river spirit
• 神魂颠倒(神魂顛倒) spirit and soul upside down; infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated
• 眼神 the expression in a person's eyes
• 神驰(神馳) to long for
• 心神恍惚 ill at ease
• 神权(神權) divine right (of kings)
• 神道 Shinto
• 敬若神明 to hold somebody in the same regard as one would a god
• 神通力量 supernatural power
• 走神 absent-minded; one's mind is wandering
• 针神(針神) someone very good at sewing
• 抗精神病 antipsychotic
• 发神经(發神經) to go crazy; to lose it; demented; unhinged
• 凶神恶煞(兇神惡煞) fiends; devils and monsters
• 神魔小说(神魔小說) supernatural novel; novel of ghosts and goblins
• 心驰神往(心馳神往) one's thoughts fly to a longed-for place or person; to long for; infatuated; fascinated
• 运神(運神) to concentrate; to think what you're doing
• 圣神降临(聖神降臨) Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
• 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
• 神圣(神聖) divine; hallow; holy; sacred
• 神经突(神經突) nerve process
• 神学院(神學院) seminary
• 气定神闲(氣定神閒) calm and composed
• 平安神宫(平安神宮) Heian Jingū or Heian Shrine, in Kyōto, Japan
• 精神病医院(精神病醫院) psychiatric hospital

Also contained in

依止不畏之神 、 神我谛 、 神风 、 自由女神像

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• 卷一百三十七 志第九十 樂十二 Volume 137 Treatises 90: Music 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 202
• 卷六十二 志第三十八 樂二 Volume 62 Treatises 38: Music 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 181
• 卷一百三十二 志第八十五 樂七 Volume 132 Treatises 85: Music 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 148
• 卷三十 志第十: 音樂三 Volume 30 Treatises 10: Music 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 127
• 卷一百三十四 志第八十七 樂九 Volume 134 Treatises 87: Music 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 110
• 卷一百三十六 志第八十九 樂十一 Volume 136 Treatises 89: Music 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 100
• 卷一百三十三 志第八十六 樂八 Volume 133 Treatises 86: Music 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 96
• 卷二十五 志第五: 禮儀五 Volume 25 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 95
• 卷四十九 志第二十五 禮三 Volume 49 Treatises 25: Rites 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 84
• 卷一百〇九 志第六十二 禮十二 Volume 109 Treatises 62: Rites 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 77

Collocations

• 事神 (事神) 事神則難 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命中（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue II (forged) — count: 7
• 百神 (百神) 百神爾主矣 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧卷阿 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Juan A — count: 5
• 神保 (神保) 神保是饗 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧楚茨 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Chhu Ci — count: 3
• 群神 (群神) 徧于群神 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 3
• 作神 (作神) 俾作神主 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 咸有一德 Shang Shu - Common Possession of Pure Virtue — count: 3
• 疑神 (疑神) 無廣者疑神 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢第二 Chapter 2: Circumstances — count: 3
• 神蓐 (神蓐) 其神蓐收 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3
• 先神 (先神) 予念我先神後之勞爾先 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 盤庚中 Shang Shu - Pan Geng II — count: 3
• 神句芒 (神句芒) 其神句芒 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3
• 神后 (神後) 敢昭告于上天神後 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — count: 3