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CHINESE DEITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese
Classified under:
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)
