Word: 神 (shén) god

These are the example sentences using 神 in the sense god. Every sentence using 神 is on the word's own page, whichever sense it uses.

Example sentences using 神 in this sense

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人们相信神是存在的。

Rénmen xiāngxìn shén shì cúnzài de.

People believe that god exists.
人们相信神的存在。

Rénmen xiāngxìn shén de cúnzài.

People believe that god exists.
人前一句话，神前一炉香

rén qián yíjù huà, shén qián yì lúxiāng

a word before people, an incense burner before the gods
人间私语，天闻若雷；暗室亏心，神目如电

rénjiān sīyǔ, tiān wén ruò léi; ànshìkuīxīn, shén mù rú diàn

whispers among people are heard by heaven like thunder; a guilty deed in a dark room is seen by the gods like lightning
传说中，这位神是太阳的化身。

Chuánshuō zhōng, zhèwèi shén shì tàiyang de huàshēn.

According to legend, this god is the incarnation of the sun.
你相信神存在吗？

Nǐ xiāngxìn shén cúnzài ma?

Do you believe that God exists?
割驴脚敬神，驴疼死啦，神也得罪啦

gē lǘ jiǎo jìngshén, lǘ téngsǐ la, shén yě dézuì la

cutting off a donkey's foot to honour a god: the donkey is in agony and the god is offended
土地庙里长草，荒神

tǔdìmiào lǐzhǎng cǎo, huāng shén

grass growing in an earth-god temple: the deity is desolate (flustered)
太公在此，诸神退位

tàigōng zài cǐ, zhū shén tuìwèi

Grand Duke Jiang is here: all the gods step down
庙里的泥胎，分不清是哪路神

miào lǐ de nítāi, fēn bù qīng shì nǎ lù shén

the clay idol in a temple: can't tell which god it is
庙里长草，荒了神

miào lǐzhǎng cǎo, huāngle shén

grass growing in a temple: the god is neglected (the god is flustered)
我们是人，不是神。

Wǒmen shì rén, bú shì shén.

We are but men, not gods.
数学是神用来撰写宇宙的语言。

Shùxué shì shén yònglái zhuànxiě yǔzhòu de yǔyán.

Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.
有些人信神，有些人不信神。

Yǒuxiē rén xìn shén, yǒuxiē rén bú xìn shén.

Some people believe in God and others don't.
正气能驱邪，无私可服神

zhèngqì néng qūxié, wúsī kě fú shén

righteousness can drive out evil, selflessness can win over the gods
没有人看过神。

Méiyǒu rén kànguo shén.

Nobody has seen God.
神说：“要有光。”

Shén shuō: “yào yǒu guāng. ”

God said, "Let there be light!"
神龛底下搭床铺，伴神享受

shénkān dǐxia dā chuángpù, bàn shén xiǎngshòu

setting up a bed beneath the shrine: sharing in the god's enjoyment
诚可惊神，孝能感天

chéng kě jīng shén, xiào néng gǎn tiān

Sincerity can startle the gods; filial piety can move heaven
起初，神创造了天地。

Qǐchū, shén chuàngzàole tiāndì.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.