"蜃" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ʂən⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sɐn¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sɐn²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sin³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /sin²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /sin²²/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /siŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ʂən⁵¹/, /sɐn¹³/, /sɐn²²/, /sɐn²¹/, /sin³³/, /sin²²/, /sin²²/, /siŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: shèn [Mandarin, Pinyin], shen⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄣˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], san⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], san⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], san⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sīn [Hokkien, POJ], sǐn [Hokkien, POJ], sing⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], shèn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], shèn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shên⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shèn [Mandarin, Yale], shenn [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], šɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], sáhn [Cantonese, Yale], sahn [Cantonese, Yale], sàhn [Cantonese, Yale], san⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], san⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], san⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sen⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sen⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sen⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sīn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sǐn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sîng [POJ, Teochew], dzyinX [Middle-Chinese], dzyinH [Middle-Chinese], /*[d]ərʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*djɯns/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*djɯnʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*djins/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Possibly related to 辰 (OC *djɯn, “5th earthly branch; dragon”) (Schuessler, 2007); see there for more. Carr (1990) organizes characters in the 辰 phonetic series into two groups, one of which is "dragon", which includes 蜃 as well as 晨 (OC *djɯn, “dragon star”). Etymology templates: {{och-l|辰|5th earthly branch; dragon}} 辰 (OC *djɯn, “5th earthly branch; dragon”), {{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}} Schuessler, 2007, {{zh-ref|Carr (1990)}} Carr (1990), {{lang|zh|辰}} 辰, {{lang|zh|蜃}} 蜃, {{och-l|晨|dragon star|id=1}} 晨 (OC *djɯn, “dragon star”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 蜃
  1. a type of large shellfish; a type of large bivalve; clam
    Sense id: en-蜃-zh-character-fKAv6jN0
  2. (mythology) the shen, a shapeshifting aquatic monster originally imagined as a clam and later as a type of dragon Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
  3. (historical) ritual vessel painted with images of clam Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-蜃-zh-character-libQwdAv
  4. (historical) Short for 蜃炭. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical Alternative form of: 蜃炭
    Sense id: en-蜃-zh-character-EOaP3dHH Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 17 3 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 文蜃, 歸蜃, 归蜃, 海市蜃樓 (hǎishìshènlóu), 海市蜃楼 (hǎishìshènlóu), 海蜃, 火蜃, 白蜃, 白蜃雲, 白蜃云, 蚌蜃, 蛟蜃, 蛤蜃, 蜃器, 蜃壁, 蜃女, 蜃市, 蜃景 (shènjǐng), 蜃樓 (shènlóu), 蜃楼 (shènlóu), 蜃樓山市, 蜃楼山市, 蜃樓海市, 蜃楼海市, 蜃母樓, 蜃母楼, 蜃氛, 蜃氣, 蜃气, 蜃氣樓, 蜃气楼, 蜃海, 蜃浪, 蜃灰, 蜃灶, 蜃炭, 蜃牆, 蜃墙, 蜃珧, 蜃窗, 蜃精, 蜃綍, 蜃𰬘, 蜃臺, 蜃台, 蜃蛤, 蜃衛, 蜃卫, 蜃貝, 蜃贝, 蜃車, 蜃车, 蜃輅, 蜃辂, 蜃醢, 蜃閣, 蜃阁, 蜃闕, 蜃阙, 蜃雲, 蜃云, 蜃霓, 蜃風, 蜃风, 蠯蜃, 赤蜃, 黑蜃

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      "word": "文蜃"
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      "word": "归蜃"
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      "roman": "hǎishìshènlóu",
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      "roman": "hǎishìshènlóu",
      "word": "海市蜃楼"
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      "word": "白蜃雲"
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      "word": "蛤蜃"
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      "word": "蜃壁"
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      "word": "蜃女"
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      "roman": "shènjǐng",
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      "roman": "shènlóu",
      "word": "蜃樓"
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      "roman": "shènlóu",
      "word": "蜃楼"
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      "word": "蜃母楼"
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      "word": "蜃氛"
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      "word": "蜃氣"
    },
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      "word": "蜃气"
    },
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      "word": "蜃氣樓"
    },
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      "word": "蜃气楼"
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      "word": "蜃海"
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      "word": "蜃浪"
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      "word": "蜃灰"
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      "word": "蜃灶"
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      "word": "蜃炭"
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      "word": "蜃牆"
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      "word": "蜃墙"
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      "word": "蜃珧"
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      "word": "蜃窗"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃精"
    },
    {
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      "word": "蜃綍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃𰬘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃臺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃台"
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    {
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      "word": "蜃蛤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃衛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃卫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃貝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃贝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃車"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃车"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃輅"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃辂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃醢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃閣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃阁"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃闕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃阙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃雲"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃云"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃霓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蜃風"
    },
    {
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      "word": "蜃风"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蠯蜃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "赤蜃"
    },
    {
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      "word": "黑蜃"
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        {
          "english": "Pheasants enter the great water and become large clams",
          "ref": "雉入大水為蜃 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "雉入大水为蜃 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nzhì rù dàshuǐ wèi shèn [Pinyin]",
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        ]
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        {
          "text": "蜃景 ― shènjǐng ― mirage",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "海旁蜃氣象樓臺,廣野氣成宮闕然。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "roman": "By the sea, the clamʼs mist resembles towers; in the wild expanse, mist becomes palaces thus.",
          "text": "海旁蜃气象楼台,广野气成宫阙然。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE\nHǎipáng shènqì xiàng lóutái, guǎngyě qì chéng gōngquè rán. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Before the door, the drakes blow mist; on the coir, the orchids emit fragrance.",
          "ref": "門前蛟蜃氣,蓑上蕙蘭馨。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "门前蛟蜃气,蓑上蕙兰馨。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 齊己 (Qí Jǐ) 《湘江漁父》 \"The Fisherman on Xiang River\", in 《全唐詩》 Quan Tangshi.\nMénqián jiāoshèn qì, suōshàng huìlán xīn. [Pinyin]",
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      ],
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        [
          "monster",
          "monster"
        ],
        [
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        "(historical) ritual vessel painted with images of clam"
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      "glosses": [
        "Short for 蜃炭."
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "shèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "shen⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄣˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "san⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "san⁶"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "san⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "sīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǐn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shên⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shenn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂən⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sáhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǐn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sîng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzyinX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzyinH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[d]ərʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*djɯns/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*djɯnʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*djins/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂən⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐn¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[d]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*djɯns/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*djɯnʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*djins/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蜃"
}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
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    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "文蜃"
    },
    {
      "word": "歸蜃"
    },
    {
      "word": "归蜃"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎishìshènlóu",
      "word": "海市蜃樓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎishìshènlóu",
      "word": "海市蜃楼"
    },
    {
      "word": "海蜃"
    },
    {
      "word": "火蜃"
    },
    {
      "word": "白蜃"
    },
    {
      "word": "白蜃雲"
    },
    {
      "word": "白蜃云"
    },
    {
      "word": "蚌蜃"
    },
    {
      "word": "蛟蜃"
    },
    {
      "word": "蛤蜃"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃器"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃壁"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃女"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃市"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shènjǐng",
      "word": "蜃景"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shènlóu",
      "word": "蜃樓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shènlóu",
      "word": "蜃楼"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃樓山市"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃楼山市"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃樓海市"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃楼海市"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃母樓"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃母楼"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃氛"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃氣"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃气"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃氣樓"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃气楼"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃海"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃浪"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃灰"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃灶"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃炭"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃牆"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃墙"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃珧"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃窗"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃精"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃綍"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃𰬘"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃臺"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃台"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃蛤"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃衛"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃卫"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃貝"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃贝"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃車"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃车"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃輅"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃辂"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃醢"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃閣"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃阁"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃闕"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃阙"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃雲"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃云"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃霓"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃風"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜃风"
    },
    {
      "word": "蠯蜃"
    },
    {
      "word": "赤蜃"
    },
    {
      "word": "黑蜃"
    }
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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        "id": "1"
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        }
      ],
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        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
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      ],
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        {
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "海旁蜃氣象樓臺,廣野氣成宮闕然。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "roman": "By the sea, the clamʼs mist resembles towers; in the wild expanse, mist becomes palaces thus.",
          "text": "海旁蜃气象楼台,广野气成宫阙然。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE\nHǎipáng shènqì xiàng lóutái, guǎngyě qì chéng gōngquè rán. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Before the door, the drakes blow mist; on the coir, the orchids emit fragrance.",
          "ref": "門前蛟蜃氣,蓑上蕙蘭馨。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "门前蛟蜃气,蓑上蕙兰馨。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 齊己 (Qí Jǐ) 《湘江漁父》 \"The Fisherman on Xiang River\", in 《全唐詩》 Quan Tangshi.\nMénqián jiāoshèn qì, suōshàng huìlán xīn. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the shen, a shapeshifting aquatic monster originally imagined as a clam and later as a type of dragon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "shapeshift",
          "shapeshift"
        ],
        [
          "aquatic",
          "aquatic"
        ],
        [
          "monster",
          "monster"
        ],
        [
          "clam",
          "clam"
        ],
        [
          "dragon",
          "dragon"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ritual vessel painted with images of clam"
      ],
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          "ritual"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ],
        [
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          "paint"
        ],
        [
          "image",
          "image"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) ritual vessel painted with images of clam"
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "蜃炭"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Chinese redlinks/zh-l",
        "Chinese short forms",
        "Chinese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for 蜃炭."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "蜃炭",
          "蜃炭#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Short for 蜃炭."
      ],
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shen⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄣˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǐn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shên⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shenn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnʹ"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ʂən⁵¹/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sáhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐn²²/",
      "tags": [
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐn²¹/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīn"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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    {
      "ipa": "/sin³³/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin²²/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǐn"
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    {
      "ipa": "/sin²²/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sîng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzyinX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzyinH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[d]ərʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*djɯns/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*djɯnʔ/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*djins/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂən⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐn¹³/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/sɐn²²/"
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}
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