女神

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (女神)		女	神
simp. #(女神)		女	神
anagram		神女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ san⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-sṳ̀n
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lú-sîn / lí-sîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): neng² sing⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔshén
    • Wade–Giles: nü³-shên²
    • Yale: nyǔ-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neushern
    • Palladius: нюйшэнь (njujšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ san⁴
    • Yale: néuih sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ sɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˋ siin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ sɨn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: lú-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lwsiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: lí-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lysiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: neng² sing⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ́ng sîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ siŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 女神

1. goddess
2. (neologism) (of a young female, e.g. a 白富美 (báifùměi)) the goddess of one's heart

Coordinate terms

• 男神 (nánshén)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	神
め Grade: 1	かみ > がみ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
女神 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

女 (me, “female”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

女(め)神(がみ) • (megami) 

1. a goddess (female deity)

Antonyms

• 男(お)神(がみ) (ogami, “male god”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 幸(こう)運(うん)の女(め)神(がみ) (Kōun no Megami, “Lady Luck”)
• 正(せい)義(ぎ)の女(め)神(がみ) (Seigi no Megami, “Lady Justice”)
• 自(じ)由(ゆう)の女(め)神(がみ) (Jiyū no Megami, “Lady Liberty”)

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Korean

Hanja

女神 • (yeosin) (hangeul 여신, revised yeosin, McCune–Reischauer yŏsin, Yale ⁿyesin)

1. hanja form^? of 여신 (“goddess”)