宗徒

Chinese

		school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family	apprentice; disciple
trad. (宗徒)		宗	徒
simp. #(宗徒)		宗	徒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zōngtú

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥ ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ tou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chong-tô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōngtú
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zongtú
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹-tʻu²
    • Yale: dzūng-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongtwu
    • Palladius: цзунту (czuntu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ tou⁴
    • Yale: jūng tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chong-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsong-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zongdoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ³³ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ²³/

Noun

宗徒

1. (Catholicism) apostle

Synonyms

Terms for apostle in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	使徒
Roman Catholic	宗徒
Eastern Orthodox	使徒

Derived terms

• 宗徒信經／宗徒信经 (Zōngtú Xìnjīng)
• 宗徒大事錄／宗徒大事录 (Zōngtú Dàshìlù)