# 神道
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shéndào
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): san$^4$ dou$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-tō
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zen-dau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shéndào
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shéndào
*** Wade–Giles: shên$^2$-tao$^4$
*** Yale: shén-dàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherndaw
*** Palladius: шэньдао (šɛnʹdao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: san$^4$ dou$^6$
*** Yale: sàhn douh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: san$^4$ dou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sen$^4$ dou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐn²¹ tou̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-tō
*** Tâi-lô: sîn-tō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sindoi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² to²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² to⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² to²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ to³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ tɤ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zen-dau
*** MiniDict: zen$^去$ dau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zen-dau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² dɔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

神道
* natural law; heavenly law
* gods; spirits
    From: c. 1700, 任埅 (Im Bang), 《天倪錄》
    Su yu jesa, sindo bul iwi jung, dok i muin sinsa wi jung. Yak bi sinsa, hollyeong andeuk il po ho? [Sino-Korean]
    Although there are [Confucian] sacrifices, the spirits do not regard this as important; they only consider the divine rituals of shamans to be important. If there were no shamanic rituals, how could the spirits ever satisfy their appetites?
* spirit way; spirit road; sacred way; spirit path

#### Synonyms

* (spirit way): 神路 (shénlù)

### Proper noun

神道
* Shinto (religion)

#### Synonyms

* (Shinto): 神道教 (Shéndàojiào)

#### Derived terms

* 國家神道 / 国家神道 (Guójiā Shéndào)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 神 | 道 |
| しん Grade: 3 | とう Grade: 2 |
| kan'on ||
* Alternative spelling
* 神道 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term :
| 神 | 道 |
| しん Grade: 3 | どう Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | goon |
* Alternative spelling
* 神道 (kyūjitai)

### Etymology

/sintau/ → /sintɔː/ → /sintoː/
Probably coined in Japan of components borrowed originally from Middle Chinese. Literally “the way of the gods”.
Attested at least since a portion of the Shoku Nihongi dated to 782.
May also be encountered with the reading shindō with rendaku. However, this reading is missing from some modern references, or is indicated as an alternative reading. The 1603 Nippo Jisho also only lists xintǒ without rendaku.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しんとー [shíꜜǹtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɕĩnto̞ː]
* (Tokyo) しんどー [shíꜜǹdòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɕĩndo̞ː]

### Noun

神(しん)道(とう) or 神(しん)道(どう) • (shintō or shindō)
* Shintō, a religion indigenous to Japan that worships spirits
* the gods
* the way to one's grave, the path followed by a funeral procession to deposit remains in a grave

#### Derived terms

* 伊勢(いせ)神道(しんとう) (Ise Shintō)
* 山王(さんのう)神道(しんとう) (Sannō Shintō)
* 法華(ほっけ)神道(しんとう) (Hokke Shintō)
* 吉田(よしだ)神道(しんとう) (Yoshida Shintō)

### References

* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 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
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]) 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎ (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, visible online here in Google Books, last entry in the right-hand column

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 神 | 道 |

### Noun

神道 • (sindo) (hangeul 신도)
* hanja form of 신도 (“Shinto (religion)”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 神 | 道 |

### Noun

神道
* chữ Hán form of Thần đạo (“Shinto (religion)”).