死神

死神

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (死神)		死	神
simp. #(死神)		死	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² san⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sí-sṳ̀n
• Min Nan (POJ): sí-sîn
• Wu (Wiktionary): sr zen (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhshén
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-shên²
    • Yale: sž-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshern
    • Palladius: сышэнь (syšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² san⁴
    • Yale: séi sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ sɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sí-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi` siinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi³ sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi³¹ sɨn¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: sí-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sysiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕin²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: sr zen (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩³³ z̥əɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

死神

1. Death; Grim Reaper
2. (tarot) Death
3. (figurative) death

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	神
し(に) Grade: 3	かみ > がみ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
死神 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 死神 – see the following entry.

【死しに神がみ】 [noun] a god or spirit who leads humans toward their death [noun] (tarot) Death [proper noun] the Grim Reaper (personification of death) [proper noun] a rakugo loosely based on the opera Crispino e la comare and revolves around an impoverished man meeting a shinigami

(This term, 死神, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
死	神

Noun

死神 • (sasin) (hangeul 사신)

1. Hanja form^? of 사신 (“Death (personified), God of Death, Grim Reaper”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
死	神

Noun

死神

1. chữ Hán form of tử thần (“Death (personified), God of Death, Grim Reaper”).