圣

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What 圣 means

(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables); variant of 圣; (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred

Ideographic: Simplified form of 聖; a king 王 of listening 耳  and speaking口

Made of 又 + 土

Words with 圣

• 圣诞节shèng dàn jiéChristmas time; Christmas season; Christmas
• 神圣shén shèngdivine; hallow; holy; sacred
• 圣母shèng mǔgoddess
• 圣人shèng rénsage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint
• 圣地shèng dìholy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest
• 圣徒shèng túsaint
• 圣洁shèng jiépure and holy
• 圣殿shèng diàntemple
• 圣战shèng zhànHoly war; jihad
• 圣城shèng chéngHoly City
• 圣杯shèng bēiHoly Grail
• 朝圣者cháo shèng zhěpilgrim

圣 in a sentence

• 没有什么是神圣的。

  méi yǒu shén me shì shén shèng de 。

  Nothing is holy.

• 我宁愿跟罪人笑也不愿跟圣人哭。

  wǒ nìng yuàn gēn zuì rén xiào yě bú yuàn gēn shèng rén kū 。

  I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.

• 卫兵神圣,不可侵犯

  wèi bīng shén shèng , bù kě qīn fàn

  The guards are sacred and inviolable.

• 世界语有自己的圣歌。

  shì jiè yǔ yǒu zì jǐ de shèng gē 。

  Esperanto has its own anthem.

• 一个神圣的仪式在庄严的庙宇中举行。

  yí gè shén shèng de yí shì zài zhuāng yán de miào yǔ zhōng jǔ xíng 。

  A sacred ritual took place in the magnificent temple.

Characters that sound like 圣

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