| 聖 | [ shèng ] holy, sacred, saint, sage |
| 聖上 | [ shèng shàng ] courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor |
| 聖事 | [ shèng shì ] Holy sacrament, Christian rite (esp. Catholic), also called 聖禮|圣礼 by Protestants |
| 聖人 | [ shèng rén ] saint, sage, refers to Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3], the current reigning Emperor |
| 聖代 | [ shèng daì ] sundae (loanword) |
| 聖伯多祿大殿 | [ shèng bó duō lù dà diàn ] St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| 聖但尼 | [ shèng dàn ní ] St Denis or St Dennis |
| 聖佛明節 | [ shèng fó míng jié ] Fiesta de Saint Fermin, festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain |
| 聖保羅 | [ shèng baǒ luó ] St Paul, São Paulo, city in Brazil |
| 聖像 | [ shèng xiàng ] icon, iconic, religious image, figure (of Confucius, Buddha, Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary etc), CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| 聖僧 | [ shèng sēng ] senior monk |
| 聖克魯斯 | [ shèng kè lǔ sī ] Santa Cruz |
| 聖克魯斯島 | [ shèng kè lǔ sī daǒ ] Santa Cruz Island, off the California coast |
| 聖典 | [ shèng diǎn ] sacred writing, canon |
| 聖凱瑟琳 | [ shèng kaǐ sè lín ] Saint Catherine |
| 聖勞倫斯河 | [ shèng laó lún sī hé ] St Lawrence River, Canada |
| 聖化 | [ shèng huà ] sanctify, sanctification, consecrate |
| 聖君 | [ shèng jūn ] sage |
| 聖哈辛托 | [ shèng hā xīn tuō ] San Jacinto |
| 聖哉經 | [ shèng zaī jīng ] Sanctus (section of Catholic mass) |
| 聖哲 | [ shèng zhé ] sage |
| 聖喬治 | [ shèng zhì ] St George |
| 聖地 | [ shèng dì ] holy land (of a religion), sacred place, shrine, holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc), center of historic interest |
| 聖地亞哥 | [ shèng dì yà gē ] Santiago, capital of Chile, San Diego, California |
| 聖地牙哥 | [ shèng dì yá gē ] (Tw) San Diego, California, Santiago, capital of Chile |
| 聖城 | [ shèng chéng ] Holy City |
| 聖基茨和尼維斯 | [ shèng jī cí hé ní weí sī ] Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 聖塔倫 | [ shèng tǎ lún ] Santarém (Portugal), Santarém (Brazil) |
| 聖多明各 | [ shèng duō míng gè ] Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic |
| 聖多明哥 | [ shèng duō míng gē ] Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic (Tw) |
| 聖多美 | [ shèng duō meǐ ] Sao Tome, capital of Sao Tome and Principe |
| 聖多美和普林西比 | [ shèng duō meǐ hé pǔ lín xī bǐ ] São Tomé and Príncipe |
| 聖大非 | [ shèng dà feī ] Santa Fe |
| 聖奧古斯丁 | [ shèng aò gǔ sī dīng ] St Augustine, Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), theologian and Christian philosopher, Sankt Augustin, suburb of Beuel, Bonn, Germany |
| 聖女果 | [ shèng nǚ guǒ ] cherry tomato |
| 聖女貞德 | [ shèng nǚ zhēn dé ] Joan of Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English |
| 聖嬰 | [ shèng yīng ] El Niño (meteorology), Holy Infant (Christianity) |
| 聖子 | [ shèng zǐ ] Holy Son, Jesus Christ, God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) |
| 聖安地列斯斷層 | [ shèng ān de liè sī duàn céng ] San Andreas Fault, California, also written 聖安德列斯斷層|圣安德列斯断层 |
| 聖安多尼堂區 | [ shèng ān duō ní táng qū ] St Anthony Parish (Macau), Freguesia de Santo António |
| 聖安德列斯斷層 | [ shèng ān dé liè sī duàn céng ] San Andreas Fault, California |
| 聖安德魯 | [ shèng ān dé lǔ ] St Andrew |
| 聖安東尼奧 | [ shèng ān dōng ní aò ] San Antonio, Texas |
| 聖帕特里克 | [ shèng pà tè lǐ kè ] Saint Patrick |
| 聖廟 | [ shèng ] shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius) |
| 聖彼得 | [ shèng bǐ dé ] Saint Peter |
| 聖彼得堡 | [ shèng bǐ dé baǒ ] Saint Petersburg (city in Russia) |
| 聖徒 | [ shèng tú ] saint |
| 聖德克旭貝里 | [ shèng dé kè xù beì lǐ ] (Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry |
| 聖德太子 | [ shèng dé taì zǐ ] Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代[Fei1 niao3 Shi2 dai4], proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint |
| 聖心 | [ shèng xīn ] Sacred Heart (Christian) |
| 聖心節 | [ shèng xīn jié ] Feast of the Sacred Heart |
| 聖戰 | [ shèng zhàn ] Holy war, jihad |
| 聖手 | [ shèng shoǔ ] divine physician, sage doctor, highly skilled practitioner |
| 聖文森及格瑞那丁 | [ shèng wén sēn jí gé ruì nà dīng ] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Tw) |
| 聖文森和格林納丁 | [ shèng wén sēn hé gé lín nà dīng ] St Vincent and Grenadines, Caribbean island in Lesser Antilles |
| 聖文森特和格林納丁斯 | [ shèng wén sēn tè hé gé lín nà dīng sī ] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 聖旨 | [ shèng zhǐ ] imperial edict |
| 聖明 | [ shèng míng ] enlightened sage, brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler) |
| 聖朝 | [ shèng chaó ] the current imperial dynasty, one's own court |
| 聖杯 | [ shèng beī ] Holy Grail |
| 聖歌 | [ shèng gē ] hymn |
| 聖殿 | [ shèng diàn ] temple |
| 聖母 | [ shèng mǔ ] the Virgin Mary |
| 聖母 | [ shèng mǔ ] goddess |
| 聖母升天節 | [ shèng mǔ shēng tiān jié ] Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August) |
| 聖母婊 | [ shèng mǔ ] (Internet slang) sanctimonious bitch |
| 聖母峰 | [ shèng mǔ fēng ] Goddess peak (Nepalese: Sagarmatha, Sky Goddess), refers to Mt Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Tibetan), Chinese 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰, Mt Everest |
| 聖母教堂 | [ shèng mǔ táng ] Church of Our Lady, Frauenkirche |
| 聖母瑪利亞 | [ shèng mǔ mǎ lì yà ] Mary (mother of Jesus) |
| 聖水 | [ shèng shuǐ ] holy water |
| 聖油 | [ shèng yoú ] chrism, holy anointing oil |
| 聖洗 | [ shèng xǐ ] baptism (Christian ceremony) |
| 聖渦 | [ shèng wō ] dimples of Venus, back dimples |
| 聖潔 | [ shèng jié ] pure and holy |
| 聖潘克勒斯站 | [ shèng pān kè leī sī zhàn ] Saint Pancras (London railway station) |
| 聖火 | [ shèng huǒ ] sacred fire, Olympic flame |
| 聖灰瞻禮日 | [ shèng huī zhān lǐ rì ] Ash Wednesday |
| 聖灰節 | [ shèng huī jié ] Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent) |
| 聖燭節 | [ shèng zhú jié ] Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February) |
| 聖父 | [ shèng fù ] Holy Father, God the Father (in the Christian Trinity) |
| 聖王 | [ shèng wáng ] sage ruler |
| 聖皮埃爾和密克隆 | [ shèng pí aī ěr hé mì kè lóng ] Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |
| 聖盤 | [ shèng pán ] Holy Grail |
| 聖盧西亞 | [ shèng lú xī yà ] Saint Lucia |
| 聖盧西亞島 | [ shèng lú xī yà daǒ ] Saint Lucia |
| 聖祖 | [ shèng zǔ ] Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722), cf. 康熙[Kang1 xi1] |
| 聖祖 | [ shèng zǔ ] divine ancester, patron saint |
| 聖神 | [ shèng shén ] feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor, general term for saint in former times, term for God during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国, Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity) |
| 聖神降臨 | [ shèng shén jiàng lín ] Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit) |
| 聖神降臨週 | [ shèng shén jiàng lín zhoū ] Whitsuntide |
| 聖禮 | [ shèng lǐ ] Holy sacrament, Christian rite (esp. Protestant), also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics |
| 聖約 | [ shèng yuē ] covenant |
| 聖約瑟夫 | [ shèng yuē sè fū ] Saint Joseph |
| 聖約翰 | [ shèng yuē hàn ] Saint John |
| 聖約翰斯 | [ shèng yuē hàn sī ] St John's, capital of Labrador and Newfoundland province, Canada |
| 聖納帕 | [ shèng nà pà ] Agia Napa, Cyprus, Ayia Napa, Cyprus |
| 聖索非亞 | [ shèng suǒ feī yà ] Hagia Sophia (Greek: Holy wisdom) |
| 聖索非亞大教堂 | [ shèng suǒ feī yà dà táng ] Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul) |
| 聖經 | [ shèng jīng ] Holy Bible, the Confucian classics, CL:本[ben3],部[bu4] |
| 聖經外傳 | [ shèng jīng waì zhuàn ] Apocrypha, biography external to the classics |
| 聖經段落 | [ shèng jīng duàn luò ] Bible passage |
| 聖經賢傳 | [ shèng jīng xián zhuàn ] lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts |
| 聖者 | [ shèng zhě ] holy one, saint |
| 聖職 | [ shèng zhí ] priesthood |
| 聖胎 | [ shèng taī ] immortal body (of born again Daoist) |
| 聖胡安 | [ shèng hú ān ] San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico |
| 聖膏油 | [ shèng gaō yoú ] chrism, holy anointing oil |
| 聖荷西 | [ shèng hé xī ] San Jose |
| 聖菲 | [ shèng feī ] Santa Fe |
| 聖薩爾瓦多 | [ shèng sà ěr wǎ duō ] San Salvador, capital of El Salvador |
| 聖藥 | [ shèng yaò ] panacea |
| 聖訓 | [ shèng xùn ] sage's instructions, imperial edict |
| 聖詩 | [ shèng shī ] hymn |
| 聖誕 | [ shèng dàn ] Christmas, birthday of reigning Emperor, Confucius' birthday |
| 聖誕前夕 | [ shèng dàn qián xī ] Christmas eve |
| 聖誕卡 | [ shèng dàn kǎ ] Christmas card |
| 聖誕島 | [ shèng dàn daǒ ] Christmas Island, Australia |
| 聖誕快樂 | [ shèng dàn lè ] Merry Christmas |
| 聖誕樹 | [ shèng dàn shù ] Christmas tree |
| 聖誕節 | [ shèng dàn jié ] Christmas time, Christmas season, Christmas |
| 聖誕紅 | [ shèng dàn hóng ] poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) |
| 聖誕老人 | [ shèng dàn laǒ rén ] Father Christmas, Santa Claus |
| 聖誕花 | [ shèng dàn huā ] poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) |
| 聖誕頌 | [ shèng dàn sòng ] A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens |
| 聖諭 | [ shèng yù ] imperial edict, see also 上諭|上谕[shang4 yu4] |
| 聖賢 | [ shèng xián ] a sage, wise and holy man, virtuous ruler, Buddhist lama, wine |
| 聖賢孔子鳥 | [ shèng xián kǒng zǐ ] Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird) |
| 聖賢書 | [ shèng xián shū ] holy book |
| 聖赫勒拿 | [ shèng hè leī ná ] St Helena |
| 聖赫勒拿島 | [ shèng hè lè ná daǒ ] Saint Helena |
| 聖跡 | [ shèng jì ] holy relic, miracle |
| 聖路易斯 | [ shèng lù yì sī ] St Louis, large city in eastern Missouri |
| 聖躬 | [ shèng gōng ] the Emperor's body, Holy body, the current reigning Emperor |
| 聖雄 | [ shèng xióng ] sage hero, refers to Mahatma Gandhi |
| 聖露西亞 | [ shèng lù xī yà ] Saint Lucia (Tw) |
| 聖靈 | [ shèng líng ] Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit |
| 聖靈降臨 | [ shèng líng jiàng lín ] Pentecost |
| 聖餐 | [ shèng cān ] Holy communion (of the Christian mass), sacrament |
| 聖餐檯 | [ shèng cān taí ] (Christian) altar |
| 聖馬利諾 | [ shèng mǎ lì nuò ] San Marino (Tw) |
| 聖馬力諾 | [ shèng mǎ lì nuò ] San Marino |
| 聖馬洛 | [ shèng mǎ luò ] St Malo, town in Normandy |
| 聖體 | [ shèng tǐ ] the Emperor's body, Jesus' body, communion wafer (in Christian mass) |
| 聖體節 | [ shèng tǐ jié ] Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday) |
| 聖體血 | [ shèng tǐ xuè ] the body and blood of Christ, Holy communion |
| ⇒ 主保聖人 | [ zhǔ baǒ shèng rén ] patron saint |
| ⇒ 亞聖 | [ yà shèng ] Second Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] in Confucian studies |
| ⇒ 伊斯蘭聖戰組織 | [ yī sī lán shèng zhàn zǔ zhī ] Islamic Jihad (Palestinian armed faction) |
| ⇒ 入聖 | [ rù shèng ] to become an arhat (Buddhism) |
| ⇒ 博科聖地 | [ bó kē shèng dì ] Boko Haram, Islamic insurgent group in north Nigeria |
| ⇒ 反聖嬰 | [ fǎn shèng yīng ] La Niña (counterpart of El Niño in meteorology) |
| ⇒ 四聖諦 | [ sì shèng dì ] the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism), see also 四諦|四谛[si4 di4] and 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4] |
| ⇒ 基督聖體節 | [ jī dū shèng tǐ jié ] Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday) |
| ⇒ 大聖 | [ dà shèng ] great sage, mahatma, king, emperor, outstanding personage, Buddha |
| ⇒ 孔聖人 | [ kǒng shèng rén ] the Sage Confucius |
| ⇒ 孝聖憲 | [ shèng xiàn ] Empress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正[Yong1 zheng4] and mother of Emperor Qianlong 乾隆[Qian2 long2] |
| ⇒ 孫大聖 | [ sūn dà shèng ] Great-Sage Sun, Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] |
| ⇒ 宗聖侯 | [ zōng shèng hoú ] hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants |
| ⇒ 宗聖公 | [ zōng shèng gōng ] hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants |
| ⇒ 封聖 | [ fēng shèng ] (Catholicism) to canonize |
| ⇒ 山中聖訓 | [ shān zhōng shèng xùn ] the Sermon on the Mount |
| ⇒ 巴黎聖母院 | [ bā lí shèng mǔ yuàn ] Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France) |
| ⇒ 教義和聖約 | [ yì hé shèng yuē ] Doctrine and Covenants |
| ⇒ 文聖區 | [ wén shèng qū ] Wensheng district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 shi4], Liaoning |
| ⇒ 書聖 | [ shū shèng ] great calligraphy master, the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之[Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] (303-361) |
| ⇒ 朝拜聖山 | [ chaó baì shèng shān ] a pilgrimage to a holy mountain |
| ⇒ 朝聖 | [ chaó shèng ] to make a pilgrimage |
| ⇒ 朝聖者 | [ chaó shèng zhě ] pilgrim |
| ⇒ 武聖 | [ wǔ shèng ] the Saint of War (i.e. the deified Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3]) |
| ⇒ 殷憂啟聖 | [ yīn yoū qǐ shèng ] deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom), storms make oaks take deeper root |
| ⇒ 神聖 | [ shén shèng ] divine, hallow, holy, sacred |
| ⇒ 神聖不可侵犯 | [ shén shèng bù kě qīn fàn ] sacred, inviolable |
| ⇒ 神聖羅馬帝國 | [ shén shèng luó mǎ dì guó ] the Holy Roman Empire (history) |
| ⇒ 神聖週 | [ shén shèng zhoū ] Holy week, Easter week (esp. Catholic) |
| ⇒ 穆聖 | [ mù shèng ] Prophet Muhammad |
| ⇒ 耶穌基督後期聖徒教會 | [ yē sū jī dū hoù qī shèng tú huì ] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| ⇒ 耶穌基督末世聖徒教會 | [ yē sū jī dū mò shì shèng tú huì ] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| ⇒ 荷屬聖馬丁 | [ hé shǔ shèng mǎ dīng ] Sint Maarten, island country in the Caribbean |
| ⇒ 萬聖夜 | [ wàn shèng yè ] Halloween (abbr. for 萬聖節前夜|万圣节前夜[Wan4 sheng4 jie2 Qian2 ye4]) |
| ⇒ 萬聖節 | [ wàn shèng jié ] All Saints (Christian festival) |
| ⇒ 萬聖節前夕 | [ wàn shèng jié qián xī ] All Saints' Eve, Halloween |
| ⇒ 萬聖節前夜 | [ wàn shèng jié qián yè ] Halloween |
| ⇒ 葉聖陶 | [ yè shèng taó ] Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books |
| ⇒ 衍聖公 | [ yǎn shèng gōng ] hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants |
| ⇒ 衍聖公府 | [ yǎn shèng gōng fǔ ] the official residence of Confucius' descendants at Qufu 曲阜, Shandong |
| ⇒ 詩聖 | [ shī shèng ] "sage of poetry", epithet of Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3] |
| ⇒ 轉輪聖帝 | [ zhuǎn lún shèng dì ] Chakravarti raja, emperor in Hindu mythology |
| ⇒ 轉輪聖王 | [ zhuàn lún shèng wáng ] Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings), emperor in Hindu mythology |
| ⇒ 醉聖 | [ zuì shèng ] the Sage of intoxication, refers to Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai 李白 (701-762) |
| ⇒ 開漳聖王 | [ kaī zhāng shèng wáng ] Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光[Chen2 Yuan2 guang1] |
| ⇒ 齊天大聖 | [ qí tiān dà shèng ] Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] |