聖人

See also: 圣人

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	man; person; people
trad. (聖人)		聖	人
simp. (圣人)		圣	人

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ jan⁴
Min Dong (BUC): séng-ìng
Min Nan (POJ): sèng-jîn / sèng-lîn
Wu (Wiktionary): sen zen (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shèngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqren
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèngrén
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ jan⁴
  - Yale: sing yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ jɐn²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-ìng
  - IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋiŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangjiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑin¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ʑin²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangliin
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: sen zen (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /səɲ³³ z̻əɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

聖人

sage; wise man
(Christianity) saint
(archaic) the Emperor
(Buddhism) enlightened individual; Buddha; bodhisattva

Synonyms

(sage): 至人 (zhìrén)

Derived terms

主保聖人／主保圣人 (zhǔbǎo shèngrén)

Proper noun

聖人

(honorific) Alternative name for 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ, “Confucius”).

Pronunciation 2

	holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	man; person; people
trad. (聖人)	聖	人
simp. (圣人)	圣	人
variant forms	聖儂／圣侬

Min Nan (POJ): siàⁿ-lâng

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàⁿ-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: siànn-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sviarlaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiã²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiã²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiã¹¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiã²¹⁻⁴¹ laŋ²³/

Noun

聖人

(Min Nan, euphemistic) dead person
做聖人 / 做圣人 [Min Nan] ― chò siàⁿ-lâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to die

Synonyms

死人 (sǐrén)
死者 (sǐzhě)
逝者 (shìzhě)
亡者 (wángzhě)
往生者
(literary) 故人 (gùrén)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
聖	人
せい Grade: 6	じん Grade: 1
kan’on

Kanji in this term
聖	人
しょう Grade: 6	にん Grade: 1
goon

From 聖 (shō, sei, “holy; sacred”) +‎ 人 (nin, jin, “person”), from Chinese 聖人

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) しょーにん [shóꜜònìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]
- Homophones: 上人, 商人

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) せーじん [sèéjíń] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [se̞ːʑĩɴ]
- Homophones: 世塵, 成人, 西人, 征人

Noun

聖人 (hiragana しょうにん, rōmaji shōnin, historical hiragana しやうにん)

(Buddhism) a term used to refer to Buddha or a bodhisattva
(Buddhism) an enlightened Buddhist

(alternative reading hiragana せいじん, romaji seijin)

a sage; a wise man
a saint; a holy man
- 2008 July 16 [Jan 23 2008], Nakamura, Hikaru, “その３　もうひとつの楽園パラダイス [Chapter 3: Just Another Paradise]”, in 聖セイント☆おにいさん [Saint☆Young Men], volume 1 (fiction), 6th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha:
  お客様成人男性２名ですと８千円ですが……
  あじゃあその——
  聖人男性２枚で……
  O-kyaku-sama seijin dansei ni-mei desu to hachisen-en desu ga……
  A jā sono——
  Seijin dansei ni-mai de……
  It would be 8,000 yen for 2 adult menseijin, sirs……
  Oh, in that case——
  We’d like 2 holy manseijin tickets, please……

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
聖	人
まさ Grade: 6	と Grade: 1

Proper noun

聖人 (hiragana まさと, rōmaji Masato)

A male given name

Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	人

Noun

聖人 • (seong-in) (hangeul 성인)

Hanja form^? of 성인 (“saint; holy man”).

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