聖徒

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

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• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-thù
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin tuˇ
    • 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

1. (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 [séꜜètò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːto̞]

Noun

聖(せい)徒(と) • (seito) 

1. saint