湿婆

濕婆

Shīpó

proper noun

Meanings

1 Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction

Characters

wet, used for its sound

old woman, used for its sound

Examples

HSK 7-9

湿婆的脖子上缠着一条蛇。

Shīpó de bózi shàng chán zhe yì tiáo shé.

Shiva has a snake coiled around his neck.

HSK 7-9

湿婆既是毁灭之神，也是舞蹈之王。

Shīpó jì shì huǐmiè zhī shén, yě shì wǔdǎo zhī wáng.

Shiva is both the god of destruction and the lord of dance.

Tips

usage

湿 "wet" and 婆 "old woman" only spell the sound. With 梵天 the creator and 毗湿奴 the preserver he makes up the Hindu trinity. The spelling 希瓦 mostly means the Uzbek city of Khiva.

Stroke Order

湿 shī

婆 pó