Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- shèng
English
- holy, sacred
- (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc)
- sage, saint
- (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc)
- (bound form) holy; sacred
- holy; sacred
- sage; someone who is praised for excelling in a certain field
- imperial
- saint
粵語
- 宗教上至高無上，或者受到認證嘅；神聖
- 能力出眾而受人尊敬嘅
- 同皇帝有關嘅
- 基督教對聖人嘅尊稱
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 聖
- 聖經sing3 ging1
the Confucian classics
- 神聖san4 sing3
divine
- 萬聖節maan6 sing3 zit3
All Saints (Christian festival)
- 聖人sing3 jan4
sage
- 聖地sing3 dei6
holy land (of a religion)
- 聖母sing3 mou5
the Virgin Mary
- 聖誕sing3 daan3
Christmas
- 聖戰sing3 zin3
Holy war
- 聖靈sing3 ling4
Holy Ghost
- 面聖min6 sing3
(old) to have an audience with the emperor
- 聖火sing3 fo2
sacred fire; (esp.) the Olympic flame
- 情聖cing4 sing3
someone who is a master in love and relationships; people who care about relationships a lot; pick-up artists; a casanova
- 朝聖ciu4 sing3
to make a pilgrimage
- 聖水sing3 seoi2
holy water
- 聖詩sing3 si1
hymn
- 聖子sing3 zi2
Holy Son
- 聖潔sing3 git3
pure and holy
- 聖堂sing3 tong2
church; Confucian temple
- 聖旨sing3 zi2
imperial edict
- 聖父sing3 fu6
Holy Father
- 聖禮sing3 lai5
Holy sacrament
- 聖像sing3 zoeng6
(old) image of Confucius
- 聖誕節sing3 daan3 zit3
Christmas time
- 聖賢sing3 jin4
a sage