# 聖地
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shèngdì
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sing$^3$ dei$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-thi
    (Hailu, HRS): shin$^ˇ$ ti$^˖$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-tē / sèng-tōe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shèngdì
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shèngdì
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^4$-ti$^4$
*** Yale: shèng-dì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqdih
*** Palladius: шэнди (šɛndi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$勝地 / 胜地 聖地 / 圣地 聖諦 / 圣谛
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^3$ dei$^6$
*** Yale: sing deih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^3$ dei$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^3$ déi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ³³ tei̯²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$勝地 / 胜地 聖地 / 圣地
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-thi
*** Hakka Romanization System: siin ti
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sin$^4$ ti$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shin$^ˇ$ ti$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃin¹¹ tʰi³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tē
*** Tâi-lô: sìng-tē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seangde
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ te³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tōe
*** Tâi-lô: sìng-tuē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seangdoe
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tue²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tue³³/

### Noun

聖地
* sacred place; Holy Land; holy city; mecca
* shrine
* (fandom slang) real-life location that served as the model of a fictional location

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 聖 | 地 |
| せい Grade: 6 | ち Grade: 2 |
| kan'on ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せーち [séꜜèchì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [se̞ːt͡ɕi]

### Noun

聖(せい)地(ち) • (seichi)
* hallowed ground, holy place; the Holy Land
* (fandom slang) real-life location that served as the model of a fictional location
    聖地(せいち)巡礼(じゅんれい)
       seichi junrei
       "pilgrimage to a holy site"
** 2010, 関根久夫, 埼玉の日本一風土記, 幹書房, page 254:
    アニメ「らき☆すた」の聖地(せいち)になった鷲宮神社(わしのみやじんじゃ)
       Anime “Raki☆Suta” no seichi ni natta Washinomiya Jinja
       Washinomiya Shrine of Lucky Star fame
** 2016, Web Designing [Web Designing], number 179, page 96:
    実(じつ)は、興味(きょうみ)が「アニメの聖地(せいち)めぐり」でして、聖地(せいち)を回(まわ)った時(とき)の動画(どうが)をまとめてInstagramにアップしていこうかな、なんて思(おも)っております。先週末(せんしゅうまつ)は、「トトロの森(もり)」のある、埼玉県(さいたまけん)の狭山丘陵(さやまきゅうりょう)まで行(い)って動画(どうが)を撮影(さつえい)。
       Jitsu wa, kyōmi ga “anime no seichi meguri” deshite, seichi o mawatta toki no dōga o matomete Instagram ni appu shiteikō ka na, nante omotteorimasu. Senshūmatsu wa, “Totoro no Mori” no aru, Saitama-ken no Sayama Kyūryō made itte dōga o satsuei.
       Actually, my interest is "visiting anime holy sites", and I'm wondering if I should collect together and upload to Instagram the videos I took when I went. Last weekend, I went to Sayama Hills, Saitama, which has "Totoro Forest," and took videos.
* (slang) mecca (very important place to visit by people with a particular interest)
    秋(あき)葉原(はばら)はオタクの聖(せい)地(ち)。
       Akihabara wa otaku no seichi.
       Akihabara is a mecca for the otaku.

#### Synonyms

* 聖土(しょうど) (shōdo): hallowed ground
* 聖地面(せいちめん) (seichimen): hallowed ground
* 浄土(じょうど) (jōdo): (Buddhism) The Pure Land, Nirvana

#### Coordinate terms

* 聖水(せいすい) (seisui): holy water
* 聖酒(せいしゅ) (seishu): sacramental wine
* 聖火(せいか) (seika): a sacred fire or flame

### References

* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 聖 | 地 |

### Noun

聖地 • (seongji) (hangeul 성지)
* hanja form of 성지 (“hallowed ground; holy land”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 聖 | 地 |

### Noun

聖地
* chữ Hán form of thánh địa (“holy land; sanctuary”).