凶神

Chinese

		fierce; terrible; ominous	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (凶神/兇神)		凶/兇	神
simp. (凶神)		凶	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiōngshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syongshén
    • Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-shên²
    • Yale: syūng-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongshern
    • Palladius: сюншэнь (sjunšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ san⁴
    • Yale: hūng sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/

Noun

凶神

1. (literally, figuratively) demon; fiend; devil

Synonyms

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• 凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
• 妖 (yāo)
• 妖孽 (yāoniè)
• 妖怪 (yāoguài)
• 妖物 (yāowù)
• 妖精 (yāojīng)
• 妖鬼 (yāoguǐ)
• 妖魔 (yāomó)
• 孽 (niè) (literary, or in compounds)
• 怪物 (guàiwu)
• 惡魔 / 恶魔 (èmó) (literally or figuratively)
• 煞 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 煞神 (shàshén) (literary, literally or figuratively)
• 精怪 (jīngguài)
• 精靈 / 精灵 (jīnglíng)
• 邪魔 (xiémó)
• 魔 (mó) (literary, or in compounds)
• 魔障 (mózhàng) (Buddhism)
• 魔鬼 (móguǐ) (literally or figuratively)

Derived terms

• 凶神惡煞 (xiōngshénèshà)
• 凶神附體 (xiōngshénfùtǐ)