使徒

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	apprentice; disciple
simp. and trad. (使徒)		使	徒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐtú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ tou⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-thù
• Northern Min (KCR): sǎ̤-dǔ
• Eastern Min (BUC): sé̤ṳ-dù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sù-tô͘ / sìr-tô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sai³ tu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐtú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhtú
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-tʻu²
    • Yale: shř-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyytwu
    • Palladius: шиту (šitu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si³ tou⁴
    • Yale: si tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ tʰou̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-thù
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii` tuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ tu²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ tʰu¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sǎ̤-dǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ²¹ tu²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sé̤ṳ-dù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)lu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: sù-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'doo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: sìr-tôo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sai³ tu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sài thû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰu⁵⁵/

Noun

使徒

1. (Protestantism, Eastern Orthodoxy) 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

• 使徒信經／使徒信经 (Shǐtú Xìnjīng)
• 使徒行傳／使徒行传 (Shǐtú Xíngzhuàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (使徒):

• → Japanese: 使(し)徒(と) (shito)
• → Korean: 사도(使徒) (sado)
• → Vietnamese: sứ đồ (使徒)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
使	徒
し Grade: 3	と Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕito̞]

Noun

使(し)徒(と) • (shito) 

1. apostle

Korean

Hanja in this term
使	徒

Noun

使徒 • (sado) (hangeul 사도)

1. Hanja form^? of 사도 (“apostle”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
使	徒

Noun

使徒

1. chữ Hán form of sứ đồ (“apostle”).