守護神

See also: 守护神

Chinese

		to guard; to protect; to safeguard	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (守護神)		守護	神
simp. (守护神)		守护	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuhùshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨˋ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² wu⁶ san⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-hō͘-sîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuhùshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨˋ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuhùshén
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-hu⁴-shên²
    • Yale: shǒu-hù-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouhuhshern
    • Palladius: шоухушэнь (šouxušɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵¹ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² wu⁶ san⁴
    • Yale: sáu wuh sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² wu⁶ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² wu⁶ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ wuː²² sɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-hō͘-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: siú-hōo-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'hoxsiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²⁻²¹ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁴¹⁻²² sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²⁻²¹ sin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³⁻¹¹ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³⁻²¹ sin²³/

Noun

守護神

1. (religion) tutelary deity; protector god; patron saint
2. (figurative) protector; defender; guardian

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (守護神):

• → Japanese: 守護神(しゅごしん) (shugoshin)
• → Korean: 수호신(守護神) (suhosin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
守	護	神
しゅ Grade: 3	ご Grade: 5	しん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
守護神 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 守護 (shugo, “protection”) +‎ 神 (shin, “god, deity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝɡo̞ɕĩɴ]

Noun

守(しゅ)護(ご)神(しん) • (shugoshin) 

1. a tutelary deity
2. (baseball) closer

Synonyms

• 守(まも)り神(がみ) (mamorigami)
• クローザー (kurōzā)

See also

• tutelary deity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 祖神(そしん) (soshin): spirit of an ancestor
• 犬神(いぬがみ) (inugami): a guardian dog spirit (see; inugami)