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What 聖 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: A ruler 王 who speaks 口 and listens 耳

Made of 耳 + 口 + 王

Words with 聖

• 聖誕節shèng dàn jiéChristmas time; Christmas season; Christmas
• 神聖shén shèngdivine; hallow; holy; sacred
• 聖母shèng mǔgoddess
• 聖人shèng rénsage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint
• 聖地shèng dìholy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest
• 聖徒shèng túsaint
• 聖潔shèng jiépure and holy
• 聖殿shèng diàntemple
• 聖戰shèng zhànHoly war; jihad
• 聖城shèng chéngHoly City
• 聖杯shèng bēiHoly Grail
• 朝聖者cháo shèng zhěpilgrim

聖 in a sentence

• 每天都是神聖的一天。

  měi tiān dōu shì shén shèng de yì tiān 。

  Every day is a sacred day.

• 聖誕節快到了，生意也好了點。

  shèng dàn jié kuài dào le ， shēng yì yě hǎo le diǎn 。

  With the approach of Christmas, business improved somewhat.

• 我兒子相信聖誕老人。

  wǒ ér zǐ xiāng xìn shèng dàn lǎo rén 。

  My son believes in Father Christmas.

• 人皆有錯，唯聖者能恕。

  rén jiē yǒu cuò ， wéi shèng zhě néng shù 。

  To err is human, to forgive divine.

• 我陪家人度過聖誕夜。

  wǒ péi jiā rén dù guò shèng dàn yè 。

  I'm spending Christmas Eve with my family.

Characters that sound like 聖

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