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shén god; deity / supernatural; magical; mysterious / spirit; mind; energy / lively; expressive / look; expression / (coll.) awesome; amazing
圣筊 shèng jiǎo (folk religion) favorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯[jiao3 bei1] (one flat side and one rounded side up); affirmative response from a deity
阴筊 yīn jiǎo (folk religion) unfavorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯[jiao3 bei1] (both blocks rounded side up); negative response from a deity
笑筊 xiào jiǎo (folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯[jiao3 bei1] (both blocks flat side up); ambiguous or noncommittal response from a deity
城隍 Chéng Huáng Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology)
拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity
fèng to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior)
天神 tiān shén god / deity
大神 shén deity / (Internet slang) guru / expert / whiz
乩童 tóng (Daoism) a spirit medium, often a young person, believed to be possessed by a deity during rituals, acting as an intermediary for communication between the spirit world and humans
二郎神 Èr láng shén Erlangshen, Chinese deity
包尔 Bāo ěr Borr (Norse deity)
哪吒 zhā Nezha, protection deity
神社 shén shè (historical) shrine or altar for sacrifices to local or ancestral deities (in ancient China) / Shinto shrine
神祇 shén god / deity
还愿 huán yuàn to redeem a vow (to a deity) / to fulfill a promise / votive
天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman
神明 shén míng deities / gods
灵异 líng deity / monster / strange / mysterious / supernatural
本尊 běn zūn (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1]) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
奉祀 fèng to worship / to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc) / (of a shrine or temple) to be dedicated to (a deity, ancestor etc)
皇天 Huáng tiān August Heaven; Heaven as supreme deity (often paired with 后土[Hou4 tu3], the Earth Deity)
神人 shén rén God / deity
金刚怒目 jīn gāng (idiom) to have a face as terrifying as a temple's guardian deity
阿蒙 Ā méng Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen


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