神巫

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	witch; Malay
simp. and trad. (神巫)		神	巫
anagram		巫神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ mou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-bû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénwu
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-wu¹
    • Yale: shén-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernu
    • Palladius: шэньу (šɛnʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ mou⁴
    • Yale: sàhn mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ mou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-bû
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-bû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinbuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² bu²⁴/

Noun

神巫

1. wizard; sorcerer; shaman; anyone who has supernatural powers

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	巫
み Grade: 3	Jinmeiyō
irregular

Alternative spelling
神巫 (kyūjitai)

Noun

神巫(みこ) • (miko) 

1. 巫女: an unmarried woman who serves at a Shintō shrine; an unmarried woman who serves a deity as a medium to convey oracles

Usage notes

The spelling 神巫 is quite rare. The term miko is most commonly spelled as 巫女 in modern Japanese, and less commonly as 神子.