聖書

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	book; letter
trad. (聖書)		聖	書
simp. (圣书)		圣	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shèngshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqshu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ syu¹
    • Yale: sing syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ xu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ ɕyː⁵⁵/

Noun

聖書

1. (religion) holy book; sacred text

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	書
せい Grade: 6	しょ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) せ​ーしょ [séꜜèshò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːɕo̞]

Proper noun

聖書 (hiragana せいしょ, rōmaji Seisho)

1. the Bible

Noun

聖書 (hiragana せいしょ, rōmaji seisho)

1. a Bible

Derived terms

• 旧 (きゅう)約 (やく)聖 (せい)書 (しょ) (Kyūyaku Seisho, “Old Testament”)
• 新 (しん)約 (やく)聖 (せい)書 (しょ) (Shin'yaku Seisho, “New Testament”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	書

Noun

聖書 • (seongseo) (hangeul 성서)

1. Hanja form^? of 성서, “Bible”.