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Definitions

  1. 1. to dig

Words Containing 圣

圣歌
shèng gē

hymn

圣哲
shèng zhé

sage

荷属圣马丁
hé shǔ shèng mǎ dīng

Sint Maarten, island country in the Caribbean

圣餐台
shèng cān tái

(Christian) altar

圣心节
shèng xīn jié

Feast of the Sacred Heart

圣彼得堡
shèng bǐ dé bǎo

Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)

圣卢西亚岛
shèng lú xī yà dǎo

Saint Lucia

圣母玛利亚
shèng mǔ mǎ lì yà

Mary (mother of Jesus)

圣事
shèng shì

Holy sacrament

圣地牙哥
shèng dì yá gē

Santiago, capital of Chile

圣者
shèng zhě

holy one

孙大圣
sūn dà shèng

Great-Sage Sun

齐天大圣
qí tiān dà shèng

Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[sūn wù kōng] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[xī yóu jì]

圣庙
shèng miào

shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius)

圣杯
shèng bēi

Holy Grail

万圣节
wàn shèng jié

All Saints (Christian festival)

圣城
shèng chéng

Holy City

圣马洛
shèng mǎ luò

St Malo, town in Normandy

圣安德鲁
shèng ān dé lǔ

St Andrew

圣殿
shèng diàn

temple

圣路易斯
shèng lù yì sī

St Louis, large city in eastern Missouri

圣膏油
shèng gāo yóu

chrism

圣诞前夕
shèng dàn qián xī

Christmas eve

圣灰节
shèng huī jié

Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)

宗圣公
zōng shèng gōng

hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants

圣像
shèng xiàng

icon

圣伯多禄大殿
shèng bó duō lù dà diàn

St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

圣彼得
shèng bǐ dé

Saint Peter

圣塔伦
shèng tǎ lún

Santarém (Portugal)

四圣谛
sì shèng dì

the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism)

圣体
shèng tǐ

the Emperor's body

圣母婊
shèng mǔ biǎo

(Internet slang) sanctimonious bitch

圣经贤传
shèng jīng xián zhuàn

lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts

圣手
shèng shǒu

divine physician

圣地亚哥
shèng dì yà gē

Santiago, capital of Chile

圣诗
shèng shī

hymn

圣训
shèng xùn

sage's instructions

圣萨尔瓦多
shèng sà ěr wǎ duō

San Salvador, capital of El Salvador

圣盘
shèng pán

Holy Grail

殷忧启圣
yīn yōu qǐ shèng

deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom)

圣菲
shèng fēi

Santa Fe

朝拜圣山
cháo bài shèng shān

a pilgrimage to a holy mountain

圣多美
shèng duō měi

Sao Tome, capital of Sao Tome and Principe

圣约
shèng yuē

covenant

主保圣人
zhǔ bǎo shèng rén

patron saint

基督圣体节
jī dū shèng tǐ jié

Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)

圣餐
shèng cān

Holy Communion; Eucharist

圣胎
shèng tāi

immortal body (of born again Daoist)

封圣
fēng shèng

(Catholicism) to canonize

耶稣基督末世圣徒教会
yē sū jī dū mò shì shèng tú jiào huì

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

圣大非
shèng dà fēi

Santa Fe

山中圣训
shān zhōng shèng xùn

the Sermon on the Mount

圣母峰
shèng mǔ fēng

Goddess peak (Nepalese: Sagarmatha, Sky Goddess)

圣安多尼堂区
shèng ān duō ní táng qū

St Anthony Parish (Macau)

圣克鲁斯
shèng kè lǔ sī

Santa Cruz

圣诞卡
shèng dàn kǎ

Christmas card

圣但尼
shèng dàn ní

St Denis or St Dennis

圣上
shèng shàng

courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor

圣诞树
shèng dàn shù

Christmas tree

圣保罗
shèng bǎo luó

St Paul

圣德克旭贝里
shèng dé kè xù bèi lǐ

(Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry

圣体节
shèng tǐ jié

Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)

穆圣
mù shèng

Prophet Muhammad

圣火
shèng huǒ

sacred fire; (esp.) the Olympic flame

圣帕特里克
shèng pà tè lǐ kè

Saint Patrick

圣典
shèng diǎn

sacred writing

万圣节前夜
wàn shèng jié qián yè

Halloween

圣徒
shèng tú

saint

圣战
shèng zhàn

Holy war

圣诞快乐
shèng dàn kuài lè

Merry Christmas

圣君
shèng jūn

sage

圣赫勒拿岛
shèng hè lè ná dǎo

Saint Helena

圣职
shèng zhí

priesthood

圣经外传
shèng jīng wài zhuàn

Apocrypha

圣哈辛托
shèng hā xīn tuō

San Jacinto

圣贤书
shèng xián shū

holy book

圣马力诺
shèng mǎ lì nuò

San Marino

圣烛节
shèng zhú jié

Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)

圣水
shèng shuǐ

holy water

圣明
shèng míng

enlightened sage

圣约翰斯
shèng yuē hàn sī

St John's, capital of Labrador and Newfoundland province, Canada

大圣
dà shèng

great sage

圣旨
shèng zhǐ

imperial edict

转轮圣王
zhuàn lún shèng wáng

Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings)

圣贤孔子鸟
shèng xián kǒng zǐ niǎo

Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird)

衍圣公府
yǎn shèng gōng fǔ

the official residence of Confucius' descendants at Qufu 曲阜, Shandong

醉圣
zuì shèng

the Sage of intoxication

圣母
shèng mǔ

the Virgin Mary

圣子
shèng zǐ

Holy Son

圣体血
shèng tǐ xuè

the body and blood of Christ

圣诞红
shèng dàn hóng

poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)

圣灰瞻礼日
shèng huī zhān lǐ rì

Ash Wednesday

圣哉经
shèng zāi jīng

Sanctus (section of Catholic mass)

圣母教堂
shèng mǔ jiào táng

Church of Our Lady

圣安东尼奥
shèng ān dōng ní ào

San Antonio, Texas

圣约翰
shèng yuē hàn

Saint John

圣凯瑟琳
shèng kǎi sè lín

Saint Catherine

朝圣
cháo shèng

to make a pilgrimage

神圣
shén shèng

divine

圣安德列斯断层
shèng ān dé liè sī duàn céng

San Andreas Fault, California

圣礼
shèng lǐ

Holy sacrament

圣人
shèng rén

sage

圣诞颂
shèng dàn sòng

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

圣祖
shèng zǔ

Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722)

圣皮埃尔和密克隆
shèng pí āi ěr hé mì kè lóng

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

圣父
shèng fù

Holy Father

圣文森和格林纳丁
shèng wén sēn hé gé lín nà dīng

St Vincent and Grenadines, Caribbean island in Lesser Antilles

入圣
rù shèng

to become an arhat (Buddhism)

开漳圣王
kāi zhāng shèng wáng

Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光[chén yuán guāng]

圣油
shèng yóu

chrism

圣灵
shèng líng

Holy Ghost

圣王
shèng wáng

sage ruler

圣多美和普林西比
shèng duō měi hé pǔ lín xī bǐ

São Tomé and Príncipe

圣索非亚大教堂
shèng suǒ fēi yà dà jiào táng

Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)

圣卢西亚
shèng lú xī yà

Saint Lucia

圣诞
shèng dàn

Christmas

圣基茨和尼维斯
shèng jī cí hé ní wéi sī

Saint Kitts and Nevis

神圣罗马帝国
shén shèng luó mǎ dì guó

the Holy Roman Empire (history)

圣诞岛
shèng dàn dǎo

Christmas Island, Australia

圣纳帕
shèng nà pà

Agia Napa, Cyprus

武圣
wǔ shèng

the Saint of War (i.e. the deified Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[guān yǔ])

圣化
shèng huà

sanctify

孔圣人
kǒng shèng rén

the Sage Confucius

圣婴
shèng yīng

El Niño (meteorology)

圣涡
shèng wō

dimples of Venus

圣德太子
shèng dé tài zǐ

Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代[fēi niǎo shí dài], proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint

圣神降临
shèng shén jiàng lín

Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)

圣药
shèng yào

panacea

圣朝
shèng cháo

the current imperial dynasty

圣洁
shèng jié

pure and holy

孝圣宪
xiào shèng xiàn

Empress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正[yōng zhèng] and mother of Emperor Qianlong 乾隆[qián lóng]

圣地
shèng dì

holy land (of a religion)

圣经段落
shèng jīng duàn luò

Bible passage

圣躬
shèng gōng

the Emperor's body

圣劳伦斯河
shèng láo lún sī hé

St Lawrence River, Canada

圣索非亚
shèng suǒ fēi yà

Hagia Sophia (Greek: Holy wisdom)

圣母升天节
shèng mǔ shēng tiān jié

Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)

巴黎圣母院
bā lí shèng mǔ yuàn

Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)

圣洗
shèng xǐ

baptism (Christian ceremony)

万圣节前夕
wàn shèng jié qián xī

All Saints' Eve

圣奥古斯丁
shèng ào gǔ sī dīng

St Augustine

圣荷西
shèng hé xī

San Jose

圣赫勒拿
shèng hè lēi ná

St Helena

耶稣基督后期圣徒教会
yē sū jī dū hòu qī shèng tú jiào huì

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

转轮圣帝
zhuǎn lún shèng dì

chakravarti raja (emperor in Hindu mythology)

圣佛明节
shèng fó míng jié

Fiesta de Saint Fermin, festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain

神圣周
shén shèng zhōu

Holy week

反圣婴
fǎn shèng yīng

La Niña (counterpart of El Niño in meteorology)

教义和圣约
jiào yì hé shèng yuē

Doctrine and Covenants

文圣区
wén shèng qū

Wensheng district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[liáo yáng shì], Liaoning

伊斯兰圣战组织
yī sī lán shèng zhàn zǔ zhī

Islamic Jihad (Palestinian armed faction)

圣女果
shèng nǚ guǒ

cherry tomato

圣诞老人
shèng dàn lǎo rén

Father Christmas; Santa Claus

圣克鲁斯岛
shèng kè lǔ sī dǎo

Santa Cruz Island, off the California coast

朝圣者
cháo shèng zhě

pilgrim

诗圣
shī shèng

\sage of poetry\, epithet of Du Fu 杜甫[dù fǔ]

圣诞节
shèng dàn jié

Christmas time

衍圣公
yǎn shèng gōng

hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants

圣胡安
shèng hú ān

San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico

圣雄
shèng xióng

sage hero

博科圣地
bó kē shèng dì

Boko Haram, Islamic insurgent group in north Nigeria

圣僧
shèng sēng

senior monk

圣神
shèng shén

feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor

圣文森特和格林纳丁斯
shèng wén sēn tè hé gé lín nà dīng sī

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

圣诞花
shèng dàn huā

poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)

宗圣侯
zōng shèng hóu

hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants

圣迹
shèng jì

holy relic

叶圣陶
yè shèng táo

Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books

圣神降临周
shèng shén jiàng lín zhōu

Whitsuntide

圣心
shèng xīn

Sacred Heart (Christian)

圣女贞德
shèng nǚ zhēn dé

Joan of Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English

圣谕
shèng yù

imperial edict

圣约瑟夫
shèng yuē sè fū

Saint Joseph

圣多明各
shèng duō míng gè

Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic

圣贤
shèng xián

a sage

圣灵降临
shèng líng jiàng lín

Pentecost

亚圣
yà shèng

Second Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子[mèng zǐ] in Confucian studies

圣代
shèng dài

sundae (loanword)

书圣
shū shèng

great calligraphy master

圣经
shèng jīng

the Confucian classics

圣安地列斯断层
shèng ān de liè sī duàn céng

San Andreas Fault, California

圣乔治
shèng qiáo zhì

St George

神圣不可侵犯
shén shèng bù kě qīn fàn

sacred

圣潘克勒斯站
shèng pān kè lēi sī zhàn

Saint Pancras (London railway station)