聖父

See also: 圣父

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	father
trad. (聖父)		聖	父
simp. (圣父)		圣	父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shèngfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ fu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sṳn-fu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shèngfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shèngfù
    • Wade–Giles: Shêng⁴-fu⁴
    • Yale: Shèng-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenqfuh
    • Palladius: Шэнфу (Šɛnfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sing³ fu⁶
    • Yale: sing fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ fuː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 勝負／胜负 聖父／圣父

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sṳn-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/

Proper noun

聖父

1. (Christianity) God the Father; Holy Father

   • 至甘之伊伊穌斯。不離聖父之懷。如人而居於地者。今自青果山。乘榮而升天。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     至甘之伊伊稣斯。不离圣父之怀。如人而居于地者。今自青果山。乘荣而升天。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1884, 《主升天瞻禮讚詞》

     Zhì gān zhī Yīyīsūsī. Bù lí Shèngfù zhī huái. Rú rén ér jū yú dì zhě. Jīn zì Qīngguǒ Shān. Chéng róng ér shēngtiān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Catholicism, rare) Holy Father (title of Pope)

Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	父

Noun

聖父 • (seongbu) (hangeul 성부)

1. Hanja form^? of 성부 (“God the Father; Holy Father”).