shen
/ˈʃɛn/
shen noun: a deity or a spirit, in Chinese folk religion.
Noun (1)
shen (plural shens or shen)
- A deity or a spirit, in Chinese folk religion.
Noun (2)
shen (plural shens or shen)
- In Chinese mythology, a shapeshifting dragon or shellfish-type sea monster believed to create mirages.
Proper noun capitalized: Shen
Shen (plural Shens)
shen meaning in Malayalam
Forms of shen
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shens |
| plural | shen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Shens |
Origin of shen
Borrowed from Chinese 神 (shén).
Borrowed from Chinese 蜃 (shèn).
* As a Chinese surname of multiple origins: ** Mandarin form of 沈 ** Mandarin form of 申 (shēn) ** Mandarin form of 慎 (shèn) ** Mandarin form of 莘 (see Xin) ** Variant Romanization of 孫 /孙, see Sun. ** Variant Romanization of 陳 /陈 (chén), also another Mandarin form of 諶 /谌, see Chen. * As a European surname of multiple origins: ** Variant form of Dutch Schoen, from schoen (“shoe”) ** Variant form of German Schoen, from schön (“beautiful, nice”) * As a river and former Chinese prefecture, from the Wade–Giles and Hanyu Pinyin romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 深 (Shēn).
Phrases with shen
Words that rhyme with shen
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Questions about shen
- What does shen mean?
- Shen means a deity or a spirit, in Chinese folk religion.
- What is shen in Malayalam?
- Shen in Malayalam is ഷെൻ. See Shen meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is shen?
- Shen can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce shen?
- Shen is pronounced /ˈʃɛn/.
- What is the plural of shen?
- The plural of shen is shens.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shen (page history and authors); Shen (page history and authors); shen (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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