主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 神 shén god / deity / supernatural / magical / mysterious / spirit / mind / energy / lively / expressive / look / expression / (coll.) awesome / amazing syn 社 shè (bound form) society / organization / agency / (old) god of the land syn 土地 tǔ di local god / genius loci syn 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the ...! / oh my god! / that's insane! 周公 zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams" 好家伙 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man! syn 海王 hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player 佛爷 佛爺 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] syn 灶王爷 灶王爺 zào wáng yé Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神 syn 祭灶 jì zào to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god 上帝 shàng dì God syn 谁知道 誰知道 shéi zhī dào God knows... / Who would have imagined...? 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 天王 tiān wáng emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2] syn 老天 lǎo tiān God / Heavens syn 天啊 tiān a good heavens! / oh my God! 天神 tiān shén god / deity syn 财神 財神 cái shén god of wealth syn 参拜 參拜 cān bài to formally call on / to worship (a God) / to pay homage to sb syn 供奉 gòng fèng to consecrate / to enshrine and worship / an offering (to one's ancestors) / a sacrifice (to a god) syn 老天爷 老天爺 lǎo tiān yé God / Heavens syn 神力 shén lì occult force / the power of a God or spirit 神灵 神靈 shén líng god / spirit / demon / occult or supernatural entities in general syn 爱神 愛神 ài shén god of love 守护神 守護神 shǒu hù shén protector God / patron saint 耶和华 耶和華 yē hé huá Jehovah (biblical name for God, Hebrew: YHWH) / compare Yahweh 雅威[Ya3 wei1] and God 上帝[Shang4 di4] syn 神农 神農 shén nóng Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture 神像 shén xiàng likeness of a god or Buddha / (old) portrait of the deceased syn 火神 huǒ shén god of fire 天帝 tiān dì God of heaven / Celestial emperor 太阳神 太陽神 tài yáng shén Sun God / Apollo 神人 shén rén God / deity syn 真神 zhēn shén the True God 不可抗力 bù kě kàng lì force majeure / act of God syn 索尔 索爾 suǒ ěr Thor (Norse god of thunder) 天主 tiān zhǔ God (in Catholicism) / abbr. for 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4], Catholicism syn 真身 zhēn shēn the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy syn 穆罕默德 mù hǎn mò dé Muhammad (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God 门神 門神 mén shén door god 寿星 壽星 shòu xīng god of longevity / elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated syn 水神 shuǐ shén river God 山神 shān shén mountain god 太岁 太歲 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 syn 丘比特 qiū bǐ tè Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty 炎帝 yán dì Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God 安拉 ān lā Allah (Arabic name of God) 雷公 léi gōng Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology 造物主 zào wù zhǔ the Creator (in religion or mythology) / God syn 奥丁 奧丁 ào dīng Odin (god in Norse mythology) 圣子 聖子 shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) 财神爷 財神爺 cái shén yé god of wealth / very wealthy man syn 开恩 開恩 kāi ēn to give a favor (used of Christian God) syn 酒神 jiǔ shén Bacchus (the Greek god of wine), aka Dionysus 普罗米修斯 普羅米修斯 pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology 神农氏 神農氏 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] 比干 bǐ gān Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth) 阿瑞斯 ā ruì sī Ares, Greek god of war / Mars 赌咒 賭咒 dǔ zhòu to swear to God / to cross one's heart syn 魁星 kuí xīng stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper / Kuixing, Daoist God of fate 河神 hé shén river god 日神 rì shén the Sun God / Apollo 敬神 jìng shén to respect a deity / to pray to a God 灶神 zào shén Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen syn 巴克斯 bā kè sī Bacchus, Greek god of wine 奉若神明 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 syn 岱庙 岱廟 dài miào Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai 有神论 有神論 yǒu shén lùn theism (the belief in the existence of God) 灶君 zào jūn Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神 syn 佚 yì lost / missing / forsaken / dissolute / (of a woman) beautiful / fault / offense / hermit / variant of 逸[yi4] syn 稷 jì millet / God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers / minister of agriculture syn 夔 kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui 隍 huáng dry moat / god of city 祇 qí god of the earth 禡 mà d (22nd) / sacrifice to god of war 民以食为天 民以食為天 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 syn 敬若神明 jìng ruò shén míng to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom) syn 圣父 聖父 shèng fù Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity) 洛基 luò jī Loki, god of fire and mischievous destroyer in Norse mythology 阿提拉 ā tí lā Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God 马尔斯 馬爾斯 mǎ ěr sī Mars (Roman God of War) 弗雷 fú léi Freyr (god in Norse mythology) 波塞冬 bō sāi dōng Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology 糖瓜 táng guā malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神 鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋 鳥不拉屎，雞不生蛋 niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate 鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎 鳥不生蛋，狗不拉屎 niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate 傩神 儺神 nuó shén exorcising God / God who drives away plague and evil spirits 土谷祠 土穀祠 tǔ gǔ cí temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神[tu3 di4 shen2] and the god of cereals 巴力 bā lì Baal, god worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities 赫尔墨斯 赫爾墨斯 hè ěr mò sī Hermes (Greek god) 玛尼 瑪尼 mǎ ní Mani (god) 墨丘利 mò qiū lì Mercury (Roman god) 壝 wěi mound / embankment / the earthen altar to the god of the soil 以利亚敬 以利亞敬 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 朱庇特 zhū bì tè Jupiter (Roman god) 不可抗拒 bù kě kàng jù act of God / force majeure (law) / irresistible (idiom) 人格神 rén gé shén personal god 共工 gòng gōng God of Water 