神 (san4 | shen2) : god; divinity; spirit; supernatural; weird

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神

san4

shen2

[1] [n] god; divinity; deity; genius
[2] [n] spirit; energy; soul; countenance
[3] [adj] supernatural; marvellous; magical
[4] [粵] [adj] weird; insane; ridiculous
[5] [粵] [adj] abnormal; damaged; out of order

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 1

Radical: 示 (#113)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

神

This word has been viewed 25501 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Dec 2014 14:03

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神戸市 san4 wu6 si5 shen2 hu4 shi4 = Kobe, Japanese city

神仙 san4 sin1 shen2 xian1 = deity, an immortal

神學 san4 hok6 shen2 xue2 = theology; religious studies

神童 san4 tung4 shen2 tong2 = child prodigy; boy wonder

精神 zing1 san4 jing1 shen2 = spirit, mind

死神 sei2 san4 = death

神話 san4 waa6*2 shen2 hua4 = myth; mythology; fable

神經 san4 ging1 shen2 jing1 = crazy; insane; nerve

神經病 san4 ging1 beng6 shen2 jing1 bing4 = mental illness

神氣 san4 hei3 shen2 qi4 = expression; spirited; cocky
See all 207 compounds (CantoDict reports 222 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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唯你又稟神噉做乜啫？粵
Why are you muttering to yourself?

或者呢個係佢褻瀆神明應得嘅報應粵
This probably is the punishment he gets for blaspheming against the deities.

佢今年八十歲啦，重係咁精神爽利粵
She is already eighty this year, yet she is still full of life and zest.

佢已經練到出神入化的境界
He has already attained the level of perfection through training.

佢有時會好神經質
She gets hysterical sometimes.
[Lit. she will sometimes very hysterical]

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Decimal representation of this word: 神
Unicode code for this character: U+795e (off-site link)

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