shèng rén

Traditional: 聖人

圣人 (shèng rén) is a Chinese word meaning “sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty”.

Meanings

  1. 1sage
  2. 2the Sage (i.e. Confucius)
  3. 3(old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty
  4. 4(religion) saint

Characters in 圣人

圣kū · (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)人rén · person; people

Related words

人person; people女人woman女人wife别人other people; others; other person男人a man有人someone人们people夫人lady人类humanity个人individual病人sick person杀人homicide

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