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圣

shèng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 聖

What 圣 means

1. bound formpeerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc)
2. bound formpeerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc)
3. bound formholy; sacred

Other readings

圣 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kūto dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)
• shèngvariant of {圣|shèng}

Example sentences

• 圣诞快乐。
  Shèngdànkuàilè.
  Happy Christmas!
• 临近圣诞。
  Línjìn Shèngdàn.
  Christmas is approaching.
• 万圣节快乐！
  Wànshèngjié kuàilè!
  Happy Halloween!
• 圣诞节快乐！
  Merry Christmas!
• 圣诞快到了。
  Christmas is just around the corner.
• 圣诞节近了。
  Christmas drew near.

Words starting with 圣

• 圣诞Shèng dànChristmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday
• 圣诞节Shèng dàn jiéChristmas time; Christmas season; Christmas
• 圣经Shèng jīngthe Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures
• 圣人shèng rénsage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your…
• 圣地shèng dìholy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine
• 圣母shèng mǔgoddess
• 圣诞老人Shèng dàn Lǎo rénFather Christmas; Santa Claus
• 圣洁shèng jiépure and holy
• 圣彼得堡Shèng bǐ dé bǎoSaint Petersburg (city in Russia)
• 圣贤shèng xiána sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler
• 圣诞树Shèng dàn shùChristmas tree
• 圣灵Shèng língHoly Ghost; Holy Spirit
• 圣殿shèng diàntemple
• 圣旨shèng zhǐimperial edict
• 圣徒shèng túsaint
• 圣火shèng huǒsacred fire; (esp.) the Olympic flame
• 圣战shèng zhànHoly war; jihad
• 圣地亚哥Shèng dì yà gēSantiago, capital of Chile; San Diego, California
• 圣像shèng xiàng(old) image of Confucius; holy image (of Buddha or Jesus Christ etc)
• 圣保罗Shèng bǎo luóSt Paul; São Paulo, city in Brazil
• 圣水shèng shuǐholy water
• 圣城shèng chéngHoly City
• 圣上shèng shàngcourtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor
• 圣者shèng zhěholy one; saint

Words containing 圣

• 神圣shén shèngdivine; hallow; holy
• 朝圣cháo shèngto make a pilgrimage
• 巴黎圣母院Bā lí Shèng mǔ yuànNotre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)
• 叶圣陶Yè Shèng táoYe Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books
• 朝圣者cháo shèng zhěpilgrim
• 齐天大圣Qí tiān Dà shèngGreat Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孙悟空
• 亚圣yà shèngSecond Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子
• 入圣rù shèngto become an arhat (Buddhism)
• 大圣dà shènggreat sage; mahatma; king
• 成圣chéng shèng(Christianity) to be sanctified; to become holy
• 书圣Shū shènggreat calligraphy master; the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之
• 武圣Wǔ Shèngthe Saint of War (i.e. the deified Guan Yu 关羽
• 面圣miàn shèng(old) to have an audience with the emperor
• 文圣区Wén shèng QūWensheng, a district of Liaoyang City 辽阳市
• 主保圣人zhǔ bǎo shèng rénpatron saint
• 何方神圣hé fāng shén shèngwho's this big shot?
• 教义和圣约Jiào yì hé Shèng yuēDoctrine and Covenants
• 神圣周shén shèng zhōuHoly week; Easter week (esp. Catholic)
• 山中圣训shān zhōng shèng xùnthe Sermon on the Mount
• 转轮圣王Zhuàn lún shèng WángChakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings); emperor in Hindu mythology
• 博科圣地Bó kē Shèng dìBoko Haram, Islamic insurgent group in north Nigeria
• 基督圣体节Jī dū Shèng tǐ jiéCorpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)
• 转轮圣帝zhuǎn lún shèng dìchakravarti raja (emperor in Hindu mythology)
• 神圣不可侵犯shén shèng bù kě qīn fànsacred; inviolable

Characters that look like 圣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 务wùaffair; business; matter
• 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd
• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte
• 齐qíneat; even; level with
• 丢diūto lose; to put aside; to throw
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out

Sounds the same

Read shèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 剩to remain; to be left; to have as remainder
• 胜victory; success; to beat
• 盛flourishing; vigorous; magnificent
• 晟brightness of sun; splendor; also pr. chéng
• 乘(archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books
• 嵊used in 嵊泗; used in 嵊州