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

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

(religion) tutelary deity; protector god; patron saint
(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
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅごしん [shùgóꜜshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
(Tokyo) しゅごじん [shùgóꜜjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɕɨɡo̞ɕĩɴ]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨɡo̞ʑĩɴ]

Noun

守(しゅ)護(ご)神(しん) • (shugoshin)

a tutelary deity
(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)