色瓦布

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (色瓦布)		色	瓦	布
simp. #(色瓦布)		色	瓦	布

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَوَاب (ṯawāb, “reward”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sèwǎbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄨㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sèwǎbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ ㄨㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sèwǎbù
    • Wade–Giles: sê⁴-wa³-pu⁴
    • Yale: sè-wǎ-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sehwoabuh
    • Palladius: сэвабу (sɛvabu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/

Noun

色瓦布

1. (Islam) What one gets from God for a good deed

Verb

色瓦布

1. to thank

Usage notes

Used only by the Hui people in China.