# 聖神
## Chinese
### Etymology

Calque of English Holy Spirit or Latin Spiritus Sanctus.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Shèngshén
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sing$^3$ san$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sṳn-sṳ̀n
* Eastern Min (BUC): Séng-sìng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sèng-sîn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Shèngshén
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Shèngshén
*** Wade–Giles: Shêng$^4$-shên$^2$
*** Yale: Shèng-shén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenqshern
*** Palladius: Шэншэнь (Šɛnšɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^3$ san$^4$
*** Yale: sing sàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^3$ san$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^3$ sen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ³³ sɐn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sṳn-sṳ̀n
*** Hakka Romanization System: siin siin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sin$^4$ sin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ sɨn¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Séng-sìng
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(s-)}$niŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-sîn
*** Tâi-lô: Sìng-sîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seangsiin
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sin²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sin¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sin²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sin²³/

### Proper noun

聖神
* (chiefly Catholicism, archaic in Protestantism, still used in Hokkien) Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost
    From: 思高聖經 (Studium Biblicum Version), 宗徒大事錄 (Acts) 1:8
    Dàn dāng Shèngshén jiànglín yú nǐmen shēn shàng shí, nǐmen jiāng chōngmǎn Shèngshén de dénéng, yào zài Yēlùsālěng jí quán Yóutài hé Sāmǎlíyǎ, bìng zhídào dìjí, wèi wǒ zuò zhèngrén. [Pinyin]
    But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.
    From: 使徒信經 (Apostles' Creed), in 禮賢會規定禮文
    jau$^6$ seon$^3$ soeng$^6$ dai$^3$ duk$^6$ sang$^1$ zi$^1$ zi$^2$, ngo$^5$ zyu$^2$ je$^4$ sou$^1$ gei$^1$ duk$^1$, gam$^2$ sing$^3$ san$^4$ zi$^1$ dak$^1$ lik$^6$ ji$^5$ waai$^4$ jan$^6$, jau$^4$ tung$^4$ neoi$^{5-2}$ maa$^5$ lei$^6$ aa$^3$ so$^2$ sang$^1$ ze$^2$ [Jyutping]
    And [I believe] in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary
    From: 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 使徒行傳 (Acts) 1:8
    To̍k-to̍k Sèng Sîn lîm-kàu lín ê sî, lín beh tit-tio̍h châi-lêng; koh tī Iâ-lō͘-sat-léng, piàn Iû-thài, kap Sat-má-lī-a, ti̍t-kàu tōe ke̍k, beh chòe góa ê kan-chèng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
    From: 2011, 約書亞樂團 (lyric translators 潘茂涼 and 劉淑莉), 在呼召我之處
    Chú un-liû ê Sèng-sîn, tiàm tī góa ê lāi-sim [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Gentle Holy Spirit of the Lord, dwell within my heart.

#### Synonyms

| Branch | Words |
| Protestant | 聖靈, 聖神 archaic or dialectal |
| Roman Catholic | 聖神 |
| Eastern Orthodox | 聖靈 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 聖 | 神 |
| せい Grade: 6 | しん Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 聖神 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [se̞ːɕĩɴ]

### Proper noun

聖(せい)神(しん) • (Seishin)
* (Christianity) Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 聖 | 神 |

### Proper noun

聖神 • (Seongsin) (hangeul 성신)
* hanja form of 성신 (“Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 聖 | 神 |

### Proper noun

聖神
* chữ Hán form of Thánh Thần (“Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost”).