上 帝 Shàng dì God 上 天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the day before / the sky above / to fly to the sky / to take off and fly into space / to die / to pass away 老 天 lǎo tiān God / Heavens 老 天 爷 lǎo tiān yé God / Heavens 神 人 shén rén God / deity 天 主 Tiān zhǔ God (in Catholicism) / abbr. for 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4], Catholicism 佛 爷 Fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] 造 物 主 Zào wù zhǔ the Creator (in religion or mythology) / God 主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) 天 王 tiān wáng emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2] 天 神 tiān shén god / deity 神 灵 shén líng god / spirit / demon / occult or supernatural entities in general 土 地 tǔ di local god / genius loci 谁 知 道 shéi zhī dào God knows... / Who would have imagined...? 财 神 cái shén god of wealth 神 力 shén lì occult force / the power of a God or spirit 爱 神 ài shén god of love 守 护 神 shǒu hù shén protector God / patron saint 耶 和 华 Yē hé huá Jehovah (biblical name for God, Hebrew: YHWH) / compare Yahweh 雅威[Ya3 wei1] and God 上帝[Shang4 di4] 神 农 Shén nóng Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture 神 像 shén xiàng image of a God 火 神 Huǒ shén God of fire / Vulcan 天 帝 Tiān dì God of heaven / Celestial emperor 太 阳 神 tài yáng shén Sun God / Apollo 真 神 zhēn shén the True God 不 可 抗 力 bù kě kàng lì unpredictable eventuality / unpreventable / unavoidable / impossible to overcome / nothing can be done about it / act of God / force majeure 好 家 伙 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man! 索 尔 Suǒ ěr Thor (Norse god of thunder) 穆 罕 默 德 Mù hǎn mò dé Mohammed (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God 门 神 mén shén door god 寿 星 shòu xīng god of longevity / elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated 海 王 Hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player 水 神 shuǐ shén river God 山 神 shān shén mountain god 太 岁 Tài suì Tai Sui, God of the year / archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1] / nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area 丘 比 特 Qiū bǐ tè Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty 炎 帝 Yán dì Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God 雷 公 Léi gōng Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology 圣 子 Shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) 财 神 爷 cái shén yé god of wealth / very wealthy man 酒 神 Jiǔ shén Bacchus (the Greek god of wine), aka Dionysus 普 罗 米 修 斯 pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology 神 农 氏 Shén nóng shì Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China / followers or clan of Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] 比 干 Bǐ Gān Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth) 阿 瑞 斯 A1 ruì sī Ares, Greek god of war / Mars 赌 咒 dǔ zhòu to swear to God / to cross one's heart 魁 星 Kuí xīng stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper / Kuixing, Daoist God of fate 社 shè society / group / club / agency / (old) god of the land 河 神 hé shén river god 日 神 Rì shén the Sun God / Apollo 敬 神 jìng shén to respect a deity / to pray to a God 灶 神 Zào shén Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen 巴 克 斯 bā kè sī Bacchus, Greek god of wine 灶 王 爷 Zào wáng yé Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神 奉 若 神 明 fèng ruò shén míng to honor sb as a God (idiom) / to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal 祭 灶 jì zào to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god 岱 庙 Dài miào Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai 灶 君 Zào jūn Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神 稷 jì millet / God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers / minister of agriculture 夔 Kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui 隍 huáng dry moat / god of city 祇 qí god of the earth 祆 Xiān Ormazda, the Sun God of the Zoroastrians and Manicheans / the Sun God 禡 mà d (22nd) / sacrifice to god of war 民 以 食 为 天 mín yǐ shí wéi tiān Food is the God of the people. (idiom) / People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second 敬 若 神 明 jìng ruò shén míng to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom) 圣 父 Shèng Fù Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity) 洛 基 Luò jī Loki, god of fire and mischievous destroyer in Norse mythology 阿 提 拉 A1 tí lā Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God 马 尔 斯 Mǎ ěr sī Mars (Roman God of War) 波 塞 冬 Bō sāi dōng Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology 默 罕 默 德 Mò hǎn mò dé Mohammed (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God / also written 穆罕默德 糖 瓜 táng guā malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神 巴 力 Bā lì Baal, god worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities 壝 wěi mound / embankment / the earthen altar to the god of the soil 以 利 亚 敬 Yǐ lì yà jìng Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up) / Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:20 / Eliakim, son of Abiud and father of Azor in Matthew 1:13 不 可 抗 拒 bù kě kàng jù act of God / force majeure (law) / irresistible (idiom) 人 格 神 rén gé shén personal god 傩 神 nuó shén exorcising God / God who drives away plague and evil spirits 共 工 Gòng gōng God of Water 哈 奴 曼 Hā nú màn Hanuman, a monkey God in the Indian epic Ramayana 回 禄 huí lù traditional Fire God / destruction by fire 土 地 公 tǔ dì gōng Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) 土 神 tǔ shén earth God 土 谷 祠 tǔ gǔ cí temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神[tu3 di4 shen2] and the god of cereals 埃 奥 罗 斯 Aī ào luó sī Aeolus, Greek God of winds 天 主 的 羔 羊 Tiān zhǔ de Gāo yáng the Lamb of God 巴 克 科 思 Bā kè kē sī Bacchus, Roman God of wine 帝 俊 Dì jùn Dijun, Shang dynasty protector God, possibly same as legendary Emperor 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4] 托 塔 天 王 Tuō tǎ tiān wáng the pagoda bearing god 李 天 王 Lǐ tiān wáng the pagoda bearing god 东 君 Dōng jūn Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology 东 王 公 Dōng wáng gōng Mu Kung or Tung Wang Kung, God of the Immortals (Taoism) 格 涅 沙 gé niè shā Ganesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati) 河 伯 Hé bó name or river God associated with Yellow river 泛 神 论 fàn shén lùn pantheism, theological theory equating God with the Universe 泛 自 然 神 论 fàn zì rán shén lùn pandeism, theological theory that God created the Universe and became one with it 灶 王 Zào wáng Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神 焚 香 敬 神 fén xiāng jìng shén to burn incense in prayer to a God 牧 神 mù shén shepherd God / faun / Pan in Greek mythology