CHINESE DEITY

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• CHINESE DEITY (noun)
  The noun CHINESE DEITY has 1 sense:

1. a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese

  Familiarity information: CHINESE DEITY used as a noun is very rare.

• CHINESE DEITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Chinese deity" is a kind of...):

deity; divinity; god; immortal (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

Instance hyponyms:

Chang Kuo; Chang Kuo-lao (one of the 8 immortals of Taoism)

Wen-Ti; Wen Ch'ang (Chinese god of literature)

Taoist Trinity (the three pure ones; the three chief gods of Taoism)

Heavenly Jewel; Tien-pao; Ling-pao; Mystic Jewel (a member of the Taoist Trinity)

Shen-pao; Spiritual Jewel (a member of the Taoist Trinity; identified with Lao-tse)

Kuan Yin; Kwan-yin ((Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon)