神壇

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	altar
trad. (神壇)		神	壇
simp. (神坛)		神	坛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shéntán

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄊㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ taan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-tôaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shéntán
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄊㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shéntán
  - Wade–Giles: shên²-tʻan²
  - Yale: shén-tán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherntarn
  - Palladius: шэньтань (šɛnʹtanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ tʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san⁴ taan⁴
  - Yale: sàhn tàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ taan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ tan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ tʰaːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-tôaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sîn-tuânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sindvoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² tuã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ tuã²³/

Noun

神壇

(religion) a table for religious rites; an altar; a pedestal
(figurative) fame
捧上神壇／捧上神坛 ― pěng shàng shéntán ― to make someone/something famous (literally, “to place someone/something on the pedestal”)

跌落神壇／跌落神坛 ― diēluò shéntán ― to have one's reputation destroyed (literally, “to be knocked off one's pedestal”)

Synonyms

(altar): 祭壇 / 祭坛 (jìtán), 神檯 / 神台 (shéntái)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	壇
しん Grade: 3	だん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Noun

神(しん)壇(だん) • (shindan)

(religion) a table for religious rites; an altar

Synonyms

祭(さい)壇(だん) (saidan)

Korean

Hanja in this term
神	壇

Noun

神壇 • (sindan) (hangeul 신단)

hanja form^? of 신단