# 聖杯
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shèngbēi
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄅㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sing$^3$ bui$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): siáng-buŏi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing$^4$ bue$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-poe / siàⁿ-poe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng$^3$ buê$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shèngbēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄅㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shèngbei
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^4$-pei$^1$
*** Yale: shèng-bēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqbei
*** Palladius: шэнбэй (šɛnbɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^3$ bui$^1$
*** Yale: sing būi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^3$ bui$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^3$ bui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ³³ puːi̯⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siáng-buŏi
*** Sinological IPA : /siaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(p-)}$mui⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sing$^4$ bue$^1$ [Phonetic: sing$^1$ mue$^1$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: si̍ng-boi
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(p-)}$muei⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-poe
*** Tâi-lô: sìng-pue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seangpoef
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pue³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ pue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ pue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pue⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Sanxia)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàⁿ-poe
*** Tâi-lô: siànn-pue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sviarpoef
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sêng$^3$ buê$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sèng pue
*** Sinological IPA : /seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pue³³/

### Noun

聖杯
* Holy Grail
* good result in divination using moon blocks (showing with one block flat and another block round)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 聖杯, 聖筊, 聖珓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 聖卦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 聖卦, 順卦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 陰陽珓, 陰陽卦 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 勝杯 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 勝杯 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 聖筊 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 聖珓 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 順卦 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 聖珓 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 聖珓 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 聖珓 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 聖珓 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 聖珓 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 聖珓 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 聖珓 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 聖珓 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 勝珓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 聖杯, 聖珓 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 聖杯, 准杯, 上杯, 正杯 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 信杯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 象杯 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 象杯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 聖杯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 象杯 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 象杯 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 一杯 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 象杯 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 象杯 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 象杯 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 象杯 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 象杯 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 象杯 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 聖杯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 聖杯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 聖杯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 聖杯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 聖杯 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 聖杯 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 聖杯 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 聖杯 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 陰陽珓 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 聖珓 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 聖珓 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 聖卦 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 聖卦 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 聖 | 杯 |
| せい Grade: 6 | はい Grade: S |
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### Etymology

聖 (sei-, “holy”) +‎ 杯 (hai, “cup”)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せーはい [sèéháí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [se̞ːha̠i]

### Proper noun

聖(せい)杯(はい) • (Seihai)
* the Holy Grail

### See also

* 聖(せい)遺(い)物(ぶつ) (seiibutsu)
* 聖(せい)水(すい) (seisui, “holy water”)
* 聖(せい)酒(しゅ) (seishu, “sacramental wine”)