事奉

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	to receive (from superior); to offer; to revere
simp. and trad. (事奉)		事	奉
anagram		奉事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìfèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄈㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ fung⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-fung
• Eastern Min (BUC): sê̤ṳ-hông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū-hōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìfèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄈㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhfòng
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-fêng⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-fèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhfenq
    • Palladius: шифэн (šifɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɤŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 事奉 侍奉

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si⁶ fung⁶
    • Yale: sih fuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ fung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ fung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² fʊŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 事奉 侍奉

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-fung
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii fung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ fuŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ-hông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ouŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-hōng
    • Tâi-lô: sū-hōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxhong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ³³/

Verb

事奉

1. to serve

   • 一個僕人不能事奉兩個主；不是惡這個愛那個，就是重這個輕那個。你們不能又事奉神，又事奉瑪門。 [MSC, trad.]
     一个仆人不能事奉两个主；不是恶这个爱那个，就是重这个轻那个。你们不能又事奉神，又事奉玛门。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 路加福音 (Luke) 16:13

     Yīge púrén bùnéng shìfèng liǎng ge zhǔ; bùshì è zhège ài nàge, jiùshì zhòng zhège qīng nàge. Nǐmen bùnéng yòu shìfèng Shén, yòu shìfèng mǎmén. [Pinyin]

     No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Synonyms

• 伺候
• 侍候 (shìhòu)
• 侍奉 (shìfèng)
• 服侍