聖君

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
trad. (聖君)		聖	君
simp. (圣君)		圣	君

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngjūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngjūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngjyun
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-chün¹
    • Yale: shèng-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqjiun
    • Palladius: шэнцзюнь (šɛnczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ gwan¹
    • Yale: sing gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

聖君

1. (archaic, usually honorific) divine sovereign; wise lord

Synonyms

• 聖帝／圣帝 (shèngdì)
• 聖主／圣主 (shèngzhǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (聖君):

• → Japanese: 聖君(せいくん) (seikun)
• → Korean: 성군(聖君) (seonggun)

Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	君

Noun

聖君 • (seonggun) (hangeul 성군)

1. Hanja form^? of 성군 (“extremely competent monarch”).