I do believe in ghosts.
鬼神
supernatural beings
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Meaning and common use
supernatural beings
How 鬼神 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 鬼神 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Ghosts and gods are the obsessions of the human world.
No published English translation for this sentence.
Words that keep company with 鬼神.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 鬼神.
Directly before
- 相信鬼神3
- 我信鬼神1
Directly after
- 鬼神之4
- 鬼神是1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 鬼神
What does 鬼神 mean in Chinese?
鬼神 (guǐshén) means supernatural beings.
How do you pronounce 鬼神?
鬼神 is pronounced guǐshén.
Is 鬼神 an HSK word?
鬼神 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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