聖賢

聖賢

See also: 圣贤

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	worthy (person)
trad. (聖賢)		聖	賢
simp. (圣贤)		圣	贤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-hièn / sṳn-hiàn
• Min Nan (POJ): sèng-hiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shèngxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqshyan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ jin⁴
    • Yale: sing yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ yin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-hièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin hienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ hian²
    • IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ hi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-hiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin hianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ hian²
    • IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ hi̯an¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-hiân
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-hiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seanghieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiɛn²⁴/

Noun

聖賢

1. (literary) sage; saint

Derived terms

人非聖賢，孰能無過／人非圣贤，孰能无过 (rén fēi shèngxián, shú néng wúguò) 人非聖賢，誰能無過／人非圣贤，谁能无过 (rén fēi shèngxián, shéi néng wúguò)

聖賢爺／圣贤爷 酒喻聖賢／酒喻圣贤