神位

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (神位)		神	位

神位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ wai^6-2
• Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): sing² ui⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénwèi
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-wei⁴
    • Yale: shén-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernwey
    • Palladius: шэньвэй (šɛnʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ wai^6-2
    • Yale: sàhn wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ wai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ wei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sing² ui⁵ [Phonetic: sing⁴ ngui⁵]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: síng-ūi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ¹³⁻⁴² ^(Ø-)ŋui¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sin'ui
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² ui²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² ui²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ ui³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ ui³³/

Noun

神位

1. spirit tablet; ancestral tablet (tablet with the name of an ancestor inscribed on it)

Usage notes

The tablet is usually placed in an ancestral hall so that offerings (food, incense etc.) can be placed on an altar in front of it.

Synonyms

• 神主 (shénzhǔ)
• 牌位 (páiwèi)
• (Hakka) 阿公婆
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 公婆, 公媽／公妈

References

• “神位”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “神位”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 495.