Chinese words · Game · miHoYo (HoYoverse), Shanghai, 2020
Genshin Impact in Chinese
原神 Yuánshén
Genshin Impact is 原神 (Yuánshén) in Chinese: 原 means “original” and 神 “god”. It was made in Shanghai, in Chinese, so its Chinese names are the originals: 钟离 Zhōnglí, 雷电将军 Léidiàn Jiāngjūn, the Raiden Shogun, and 胡桃 Hú Táo, which is the word for walnut.
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The characters
- 旅行者lǚxíngzhěthe Traveler
- 空KōngAether
- 荧YíngLumine
- 派蒙PàiméngPaimon
- 钟离ZhōnglíZhongli
- 雷电将军Léidiàn Jiāngjūnthe Raiden Shogun
- 温迪WēndíVenti
- 纳西妲NàxīdáNahida
- 芙宁娜FúníngnàFurina
- 胡桃Hú TáoHu Tao
- 甘雨GānyǔGanyu
- 魈XiāoXiao
- 刻晴KèqíngKeqing
- 凝光NíngguāngNingguang
- 香菱XiānglíngXiangling
- 行秋XíngqiūXingqiu
- 重云ChóngyúnChongyun
- 北斗BěidǒuBeidou
- 七七QīqīQiqi
- 申鹤ShēnhèShenhe
- 夜兰YèlánYelan
- 云堇Yún JǐnYun Jin
- 白术BáizhúBaizhu
- 烟绯YānfēiYanfei
- 辛焱XīnyànXinyan
- 闲云XiányúnXianyun
- 琴QínJean
- 迪卢克DílúkèDiluc
- 可莉KělìKlee
- 达达利亚DádálìyàTartaglia
- 神里绫华Shénlǐ LínghuáKamisato Ayaka
- 八重神子Bāchóng ShénzǐYae Miko
The world
- 提瓦特TíwǎtèTeyvat
- 蒙德MéngdéMondstadt
- 璃月LíyuèLiyue
- 稻妻DàoqīInazuma
- 须弥XūmíSumeru
- 枫丹FēngdānFontaine
- 纳塔NàtǎNatlan
- 至冬ZhìdōngSnezhnaya
The elements
- 元素yuánsùelement
- 神之眼shén zhī yǎnVision (a god’s eye)
- 风fēngAnemo (wind)
- 岩yánGeo (rock)
- 雷léiElectro (thunder)
- 草cǎoDendro (grass)
- 水shuǐHydro (water)
- 火huǒPyro (fire)
- 冰bīngCryo (ice)
Words on every screen
- 原石yuánshíPrimogem (raw stone)
- 祈愿qíyuànWish
- 树脂shùzhīResin
- 摩拉mólāMora
- 秘境mìjìngDomain (a secret realm)
- 圣遗物shèngyíwùArtifact (a holy relic)
- 命之座mìng zhī zuòConstellation
- 冒险màoxiǎnadventure
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On a wiki, a guide or a stream’s chat in Chinese, point at a name and the extension shows its pinyin and meaning, and keeps it for Review.
Names as the game writes them in Chinese and English. The Backpack keeps the 57 our dictionary knows.