圣 (聖) shèng
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shèng
adjective
sacred
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
Notes: (Giles 1892 '聖'; Kroll 2015 '聖' 2b, p. 410) -
shèng
adjective
clever; wise; shrewd
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 圣 has the same meaning as 乖觉 (Guoyu '聖' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '聖' 2, p. 410) -
shèng
noun
a master; an expert
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, chess master 棋圣 (FGDB '聖'; Guoyu '聖' n 2; Kroll 2015 '聖' 3, p. 410) -
shèng
noun
a sage; a wise man; a saint
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
Notes: In this sense 圣 has the same meaning as 圣人; in a Buddhist context, this translates the Sanskrit term ārya (BL 'ārya'; BCSD '聖'; FGDB '聖'; Guoyu '聖' n 1; MW 'ārya'). -
shèng
adjective
noble; sovereign; without peer
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 君主的 (Guoyu '聖' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '聖' 1, p. 410) -
shèng
adjective
agile
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '聖' 4, p. 410)
Contained in
- 圣文森特和格林纳丁斯(聖文森特和格林納丁斯) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 圣诞节(聖誕節) Christmas Day
- 圣谕(聖諭) imperial edict
- 音圣人(音聖人) a singer
- 圣人知之(聖人知之) sages know this
- 圣母(聖母) Holy Mother; goddess; the Virgin Mary
- 圣餐台(聖餐檯) (Christian) altar
- 圣地(聖地) holy land; a sacred place
- 圣灵降临(聖靈降臨) Pentecost
- 亚圣(亞聖) a secondary sage
- 圣诞(聖誕) Christmas
- 圣安地列斯断层(聖安地列斯斷層) San Andreas Fault, California
- 圣者(聖者) a holy one; a saint; worthy one
- 圣诞老人(聖誕老人) Father Christmas; Santa Claus
- 圣贤(聖賢) a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama
- 圣母教堂(聖母教堂) Church of Our Lady / Frauenkirche
- 圣德克旭贝里(聖德克旭貝里) (Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry
- 醉圣(醉聖) the Sage of intoxication
- 圣马利诺(聖馬利諾) San Marino
- 圣烛节(聖燭節) Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
- 教义和圣约(教義和聖約) Doctrine and Covenants
- 伊斯兰圣战组织(伊斯蘭聖戰組織) Islamic Jihad (Palestinian armed faction)
- 圣药(聖藥) panacea
- 圣奥古斯丁(聖奧古斯丁) St Augustine
- 圣盘(聖盤) Holy Grail
- 圣神降临(聖神降臨) Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
- 圣母婊(聖母婊) sanctimonious bitch
- 穆圣(穆聖) Prophet Muhammad
- 万圣节(萬聖節) All Saints
- 圣洁(聖潔) pure and holy
- 圣事(聖事) Holy sacrament; Christian rite
- 大圣(大聖) a great sage
- 圣王(聖王) sage king
- 圣人(聖人) a sage ; the Sage [Confucius] ; the Sage [Emperor] ; sake ; a saint
- 圣像(聖像) icon; iconic; religious image; figure
- 博科圣地(博科聖地) Boko Haram, Islamic insurgent group in north Nigeria
Also contained in
兴圣宫 、 圣菲 、 圣安多尼堂区 、 圣地亚哥 、 关圣 、 圣巴泰勒米 、 琳圣太子 、 圣皮埃尔和密克隆 、 圣多明各 、 圣安东尼奥 、 叶圣陶 、 天圣 、 巴黎圣母院 、 戴圣 、 辽圣宗
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷六十三 志第三十九 樂三 Volume 63 Treatises 39: Music 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 60
- 卷二十二 志第十二 樂四 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 47
- 卷一百三十八 志第九十一 樂十三 Volume 138 Treatises 91: Music 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 43
- 卷二十 志第十 樂二 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Music 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 42
- 卷一百三十九 志第九十二 樂十四 Volume 139 Treatises 92: Music 14 History of Song 宋史 — count: 39
- 卷二百四十三 列傳第二 后妃下 Volume 243 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 37
- 卷二 魏書二 文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 33
- 卷四十八 志第十七下: 百官志四 Volume 48 Treatises 18: Official Posts 4 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 33
- 卷一百十四 列傳第二 后妃二 Volume 114 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
- 卷二十三 志第十三 樂下 Volume 23 Treatises 13: Music Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 29
Collocations
- 圣主 (聖主) 聖主也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九 主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 13
- 圣智 (聖智) 君自以爲聖智而不問事 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 七患 Book 1 - The Seven Worries — count: 11
- 圣臣 (聖臣) 有聖臣者 — Xunzi 荀子, 臣道篇第十三 Chapter 13: The Way of the Statesman — count: 9
- 齐圣 (齊聖) 人之齊聖 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小宛 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Wan — count: 6
- 王圣 (王聖) 是故明王聖主之治 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷一 君道 Chapter 1: The Way of the Ruler — count: 4
- 作圣 (作聖) 睿作聖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 4
- 后圣 (後聖) 之義以俟後聖 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 4
- 彦圣 (彥聖) 人之彥聖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 秦誓 Zhou Shu - Speech of the Marquis of Qin — count: 4
- 上圣 (上聖) 上聖立為天子 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十二 公孟 Book 12 - Gong Meng — count: 3
- 圣广 (聖廣) 克齊聖廣淵 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 微子之命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Count of Wei — count: 3