聖上

聖上

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (聖上)		聖	上
simp. (圣上)		圣	上
anagram		上聖／上圣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ soeng⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): sèng-siōng / sèng-siāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngshàng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-shang⁴
    • Yale: shèng-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqshanq
    • Palladius: шэншан (šɛnšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ soeng⁶
    • Yale: sing seuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ soeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ sêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ sœːŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangsiong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-siāng
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-siāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangsiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiaŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕiᴇŋ^H  d͡ʑɨɐŋ^X|d͡ʑɨɐŋ^H/

Rime
Character	聖	上	上
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	常 (25)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	式正切	時掌切	時亮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇŋH/	/d͡ʑɨɐŋX/	/d͡ʑɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛŋH/	/d͡ʑiɐŋX/	/d͡ʑiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæŋH/	/d͡ʑiɑŋX/	/d͡ʑiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajŋH/	/d͡ʑɨaŋX/	/d͡ʑɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛŋH/	/ʑiaŋX/	/ʑiaŋH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛŋH/	/ʑĭaŋX/	/ʑĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛŋH/	/ʑi̯aŋX/	/ʑi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèng	shàng	shàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing3	soeng6	soeng6

Noun

聖上

1. Your Majesty; His Majesty (courtier's or minister's form of address for the current emperor)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	上
せい Grade: 6	じょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

聖(せい)上(じょう) • (seijō) 

1. His Majesty (form of address for the reigning emperor)

Synonyms

• 今上天皇(きんじょうてんのう) (kinjōtennō)

See also

• 聖上 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja