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聖人

简圣人 · 繁聖人

Mandarin · pinyin shèng rén

sage
the Sage (i.e. Confucius)
(old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty
(religion) saint

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聖: Look up this written character
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
圣: shèng · holy, sacred

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4–2 · sheng4 ren2

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sing3 jan4

Cantonese word readings for 聖人. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

sage; wise man
(Christianity) saint
(archaic) the Emperor
(Buddhism) enlightened individual; Buddha; bodhisattva

name

(honorific) Alternative name for 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ, “Confucius”).

noun

(Southern Min, euphemistic) dead person

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