聖徒

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See also: 圣徒

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	apprentice; disciple
trad. (聖徒)		聖	徒
simp. (圣徒)		圣	徒

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Portuguese santo. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèngtú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄊㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ tou⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-thù
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-tô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèngtú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄊㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèngtú
  - Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-tʻu²
  - Yale: shèng-tú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqtwu
  - Palladius: шэнту (šɛntu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tʰu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ tou⁴
  - Yale: sing tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ tʰou̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-thù
  - Hakka Romanization System: siin tu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ tu²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ tʰu¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tô͘
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-tôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangdoo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔ²³/

Noun

聖徒

(religion) saint

Derived terms

耶穌基督後期聖徒教會 / 耶稣基督后期圣徒教会
聖徒的堅忍 / 圣徒的坚忍 (shèngtú de jiānrěn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (聖徒):

→ Japanese: 聖(せい)徒(と) (seito)
→ Korean: 성도(聖徒) (seongdo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	徒
せい Grade: 6	と Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーと (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

聖(せい)徒(と) • (seito)

saint

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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