"God" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 Shàng dì God
 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
 lǎo tiān God / Heavens
 lǎo tiān yé God / Heavens
 shén rén God / deity
 Tiān zhǔ God (in Catholicism) / abbr. for 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4], Catholicism
 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]
 Zào wù zhǔ the Creator (in religion or mythology) / God
 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)
 tiān wáng emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2]
 tiān shén god / deity
 shén líng god / spirit / demon / occult or supernatural entities in general
 tǔ di local god / genius loci
 shéi zhī dào God knows... / Who would have imagined...?
 cái shén god of wealth
 shén lì occult force / the power of a God or spirit
 ài shén god of love
 shǒu hù shén protector God / patron saint
 Yē hé huá Jehovah (biblical name for God, Hebrew: YHWH) / compare Yahweh 雅威[Ya3 wei1] and God 上帝[Shang4 di4]
 Shén nóng Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture
 shén xiàng image of a God
 Huǒ shén God of fire / Vulcan
 Tiān dì God of heaven / Celestial emperor
 tài yáng shén Sun God / Apollo
 zhēn shén the True God
 bù kě kàng lì unpredictable eventuality / unpreventable / unavoidable / impossible to overcome / nothing can be done about it / act of God / force majeure
 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man!
 Suǒ ěr Thor (Norse god of thunder)
 Mù hǎn mò dé Mohammed (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God
 mén shén door god
寿 shòu xīng god of longevity / elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated
 Hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player
 shuǐ shén river God
 shān shén mountain god
 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
 Qiū bǐ tè Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty
 Yán dì Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
 Léi gōng Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
 Shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity)
 cái shén yé god of wealth / very wealthy man
 Jiǔ shén Bacchus (the Greek god of wine), aka Dionysus
 pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology
 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]
 Bǐ Gān Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth)
 A1 ruì sī Ares, Greek god of war / Mars
 dǔ zhòu to swear to God / to cross one's heart
 Kuí xīng stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper / Kuixing, Daoist God of fate
 shè society / group / club / agency / (old) god of the land
 hé shén river god
 Rì shén the Sun God / Apollo
 jìng shén to respect a deity / to pray to a God
 Zào shén Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
 bā kè sī Bacchus, Greek god of wine
 Zào wáng yé Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神
 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
 jì zào to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god
 Dài miào Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai
 Zào jūn Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神
 jì millet / God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers / minister of agriculture
 Kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui
 huáng dry moat / god of city
 qí god of the earth
 Xiān Ormazda, the Sun God of the Zoroastrians and Manicheans / the Sun God
 mà d (22nd) / sacrifice to god of war
 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
 jìng ruò shén míng to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom)
 Shèng Fù Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity)
 Luò jī Loki, god of fire and mischievous destroyer in Norse mythology
 A1 tí lā Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God
 Mǎ ěr sī Mars (Roman God of War)
 Bō sāi dōng Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology
 Mò hǎn mò dé Mohammed (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God / also written 穆罕默德
 táng guā malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神
 Bā lì Baal, god worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities
 wěi mound / embankment / the earthen altar to the god of the soil
 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
 bù kě kàng jù act of God / force majeure (law) / irresistible (idiom)
 rén gé shén personal god
 nuó shén exorcising God / God who drives away plague and evil spirits
 Gòng gōng God of Water
 Hā nú màn Hanuman, a monkey God in the Indian epic Ramayana
 huí lù traditional Fire God / destruction by fire
 tǔ dì gōng Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion)
 tǔ shén earth God
 tǔ gǔ cí temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神[tu3 di4 shen2] and the god of cereals
 Aī ào luó sī Aeolus, Greek God of winds
 Tiān zhǔ de Gāo yáng the Lamb of God
 Bā kè kē sī Bacchus, Roman God of wine
 Dì jùn Dijun, Shang dynasty protector God, possibly same as legendary Emperor 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
 Tuō tǎ tiān wáng the pagoda bearing god
 Lǐ tiān wáng the pagoda bearing god
 Dōng jūn Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology
 Dōng wáng gōng Mu Kung or Tung Wang Kung, God of the Immortals (Taoism)
 gé niè shā Ganesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati)
 Hé bó name or river God associated with Yellow river
 fàn shén lùn pantheism, theological theory equating God with the Universe
 fàn zì rán shén lùn pandeism, theological theory that God created the Universe and became one with it
 Zào wáng Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神
 fén xiāng jìng shén to burn incense in prayer to a God
 mù shén shepherd God / faun / Pan in Greek mythology
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