神獸

神獸

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	beast; quadruped
trad. (神獸)		神	獸
simp. (神兽)		神	兽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ sau³
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): sing⁵ siu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénshòu
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-shou⁴
    • Yale: shén-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernshow
    • Palladius: шэньшоу (šɛnʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ sau³
    • Yale: sàhn sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ sɐu̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing⁵ siu³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sîng siù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siu²¹³/

Noun

神獸

1. mythological creature
2. (neologism) fictional animals invented by Chinese netizens, such as the grass mud horse

Proper noun

神獸

1. era name used during the Northern Wei dynasty (528–530)