聖典

See also: 圣典

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	canon; dictionary
trad. (聖典)		聖	典
simp. (圣典)		圣	典

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ din²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngdiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-tien³
    • Yale: shèng-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqdean
    • Palladius: шэндянь (šɛndjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ din²
    • Yale: sing dín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ din²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ din²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ tiːn³⁵/

Noun

聖典

1. (historical) canonical texts of the sages
2. (religion) holy book; scared text; scripture

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (聖典):

• → Japanese: 聖典(せいてん) (seiten)
• → Korean: 성전(聖典) (seongjeon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	典
せい Grade: 6	てん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

聖(せい)典(てん) • (seiten) 

1. religious text

Synonyms

• 教典(きょうてん) (kyōten)