聖水

聖水

See also: 圣水

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	water; river
trad. (聖水)		聖	水
simp. (圣水)		圣	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-súi
• Min Nan (POJ): sèng-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shèngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqshoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ seoi²
    • Yale: sing séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ sêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ sui³
    • IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

聖水

1. holy water

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	水
せい Grade: 6	すい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Origin unclear. May have been coined in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived elements, or may have been borrowed from Chinese.

Uncommon term. Not included in some monolingual dictionaries.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) せーすい [sèésúí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːsɨᵝi]

Noun

聖水 (hiragana せいすい, rōmaji seisui)

1. (Christianity, Catholicism) holy water

Coordinate terms

• 聖 (せい)酒 (しゅ) (seishu): sacramental wine
• 聖香 (きよか) (kiyoka): sacramental incense
• 聖 (せい)火 (か) (seika): a sacred fire or flames
• 聖 (せい)地 (ち) (seichi): hallowed ground

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN