# 神話
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shénhuà
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шынхуа (šɨnhua, III-III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): san$^4$ waa$^{6-2}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-fa
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sen$^2$ fa$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sìng-uâ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-ōe / sîn-ōa
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zen-gho
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shénhuà
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shénhuà
*** Wade–Giles: shên$^2$-hua$^4$
*** Yale: shén-hwà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernhuah
*** Palladius: шэньхуа (šɛnʹxua)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂən³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$神化 神話／神话
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шынхуа (šɨnhua, III-III)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂəŋ⁴⁴ xua⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: san$^4$ waa$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: sàhn wá
*** Cantonese Pinyin: san$^4$ waa$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sen$^4$ wa$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐn²¹ waː²²⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-fa
*** Hakka Romanization System: siin$^ˇ$ fa
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sin$^2$ fa$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ fa⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sen$^2$ fa$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sən¹¹ fa⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng-uâ
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(Ø-)}$ŋuɑ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-ōe
*** Tâi-lô: sîn-uē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sin'oe
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² ue²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ ue³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² ue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ ue³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-ōa
*** Tâi-lô: sîn-uā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sin'oa
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² ua²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zen-gho
*** MiniDict: zen$^去$ gho
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zen-hho
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² ɦo⁴⁴/

### Noun

神話
* myth; fairy tale; mythology
    神話人物／神话人物 ― shénhuà rénwù ― mythological figure
* nonsense; myth; baseless and absurd view

#### Derived terms

* 神話學／神话学 (shénhuàxué)

### Proper noun

神話
* (Christianity) Word of God; God's Words

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 神(しん)話(わ) (shinwa)
* → Korean: 신화(神話) (sinhwa)
* → Vietnamese: thần thoại (神話)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 神 | 話 |
| しん Grade: 3 | わ Grade: 2 |
| kan'yōon ||
* Alternative spelling
* 神話 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しんわ [shìńwá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕĩɰ̃β̞a̠]

### Noun

神(しん)話(わ) • (shinwa)
* myth; mythology (divine story)
    建国(けんこく)神話(しんわ)
       kenkoku shinwa
       a myth of the national foundation, a founding myth
** 1999 July 5, “ヨルムンガルド [Jormungarde]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:
    神(しん)話(わ)の世(せ)界(かい)に出(で)てくるヘビ。非(ひ)常(じょう)に長(なが)い。
       Shinwa no sekai ni detekuru hebi. Hijō ni nagai.
       An unfathomably long serpent from the world of mythology.
** 2000 April 20, “ヴァルキリー [Valkyrie]”, in Magic Ruler －魔法の支配者－, Konami:
    神(しん)話(わ)に出(で)てくる闘(たたか)いの天(てん)使(し)。手(て)にする槍(やり)で天(てん)罰(ばつ)を下(くだ)す。
       Shinwa ni detekuru tatakai no tenshi. Te ni suru yari de tenbatsu o kudasu.
       A fighting angel featured in mythology. She passes down divine punishment with the spear in her hand.
* myth (baselessly absolutized concept)
    大銀行(だいぎんこう)は潰(つぶ)れないという神話(しんわ)は崩(くず)れた。
       Daiginkō wa tsuburenai to iu shinwa wa kuzureta.
       The myth of immortality of big banks has collapsed.

#### See also

* 神(しん)話(わ)学(がく) (shinwagaku)

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 神 | 話 |

### Noun

神話 • (sinhwa) (hangeul 신화)
* hanja form of 신화 (“mythology”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 神 | 話 |

### Noun

神話
* chữ Hán form of thần thoại (“mythology”).