神巫

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	witch; Malay
simp. and trad. (神巫)		神	巫
anagram		巫神

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shénwū

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ mou⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sîn-bû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shénwū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shénwu
  - Wade–Giles: shên²-wu¹
  - Yale: shén-wū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernu
  - Palladius: шэньу (šɛnʹu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ u⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san⁴ mou⁴
  - Yale: sàhn mòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ mou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ mou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ mou̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-bû
  - Tâi-lô: sîn-bû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinbuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin²⁴⁻²² bu²⁴/

Noun

神巫

wizard; sorcerer; shaman; anyone who has supernatural powers

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	巫
み Grade: 3	Jinmeiyō
irregular

Alternative spelling
神巫 (kyūjitai)

Noun

神巫(みこ) • (miko)

巫女: an unmarried woman who serves at a Shintō shrine; an unmarried woman who serves a deity as a medium to convey oracles

Usage notes

The spelling 神巫 is quite rare. The term miko is most commonly spelled as 巫女 in modern Japanese, and less commonly as 神子.

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