聖杯

See also: 圣杯

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	drinkware; cup; glass
trad. (聖杯)		聖	杯
simp. (圣杯)		圣	杯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèngbēi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄅㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ bui¹
Eastern Min (BUC): siáng-buŏi
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing⁴ buei¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sèng-poe / siàⁿ-poe

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêng³ buê¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèngbēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄅㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèngbei
  - Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-pei¹
  - Yale: shèng-bēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqbei
  - Palladius: шэнбэй (šɛnbɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ bui¹
  - Yale: sing būi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ bui¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ bui¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ puːi̯⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siáng-buŏi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)mui⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sing⁴ buei¹ [Phonetic: sing¹ muei¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: si̍ng-boi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)muei⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sing⁴ buei¹ [Phonetic: sing¹ muei¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)muei⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-poe
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-pue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangpoef
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pue³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ pue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ pue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàⁿ-poe
  - Tâi-lô: siànn-pue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sviarpoef
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêng³ buê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sèng pue
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pue³³/

Noun

聖杯

Holy Grail
good result in divination using moon blocks (showing with one block flat and another block round)
Alternative forms: (Hokkien) 聖桮 / 圣桮, (Hokkien) 聖𤖯 / 圣𤖯, (Cantonese) 勝杯 / 胜杯

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖杯 (“good result in divination using moon blocks”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聖杯, 聖筊, 聖珓
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	聖卦
	Wuhan	聖卦, 順卦
	Liuzhou	陰陽珓, 陰陽卦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聖杯
	Hong Kong	聖杯
	Dongguan	聖杯
Gan	Nanchang	聖珓
	Lichuan	聖珓
	Pingxiang	順卦
Hakka	Meixian	聖珓
	Yudu	聖珓
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聖珓
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聖珓
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聖珓
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聖珓
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聖珓
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聖珓
Huizhou	Jixi	勝珓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	聖杯, 聖珓
Southern Min	Xiamen	聖杯, 准杯, 上杯, 正杯
	Quanzhou	信杯
	Zhangzhou	象杯
	Taipei	象杯
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	聖杯
	Kaohsiung	象杯
	Yilan	象杯
	Changhua (Lukang)	一杯
	Taichung	象杯
	Tainan	象杯
	Hsinchu	象杯
	Kinmen	象杯
	Penghu (Magong)	象杯
	Manila (Hokkien)	象杯
	Jieyang	聖杯
	Haikou	聖杯
Puxian Min	Putian	聖杯
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	聖杯
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	聖杯
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	聖杯
	Xianyou	聖杯
	Xianyou (Fengting)	聖杯
	Xianyou (Youyang)	聖杯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	陰陽珓
Wu	Ningbo	聖珓
Wu	Jinhua	聖珓
Xiang	Changsha	聖卦
Xiang	Loudi	聖卦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	杯
せい Grade: 6	はい Grade: S
kan'on

Etymology

聖 (sei-, “holy”) +‎ 杯 (hai, “cup”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーはい [sèéháí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [se̞ːha̠i]

Proper noun

聖(せい)杯(はい) • (Seihai)

the Holy Grail