司鐸

Chinese

		company; control	large ancient bell
trad. (司鐸)		司	鐸
simp. (司铎)		司	铎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīduó

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄉㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ dok⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): su-to̍k / sir-to̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si¹ dag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīduó
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄉㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihduó
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-to²
    • Yale: sz̄-dwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sydwo
    • Palladius: сыдо (sydo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ dok⁶
    • Yale: sī dohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ dok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ dog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ tɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: su-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'dok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² tɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sir-to̍k
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ tɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si¹ dag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si ta̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³⁻²³ tak̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: si dak

Rime
Character	司	鐸
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	息兹切	徒落切
Baxter	si	dak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨ/	/dɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sɨ/	/dɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sie/	/dɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨ/	/dak̚/
Li Rong	/siə/	/dɑk̚/
Wang Li	/sĭə/	/dɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/si/	/dʱɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sī	duó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1	dok6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-lə  lˤak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*slɯ  l'aːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	司	鐸
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sī	duó
Middle Chinese	‹ si ›	‹ dak ›
Old Chinese	/*s-lə/	/*lˁak/
English	superintend	a kind of bell
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	司	鐸
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11951	15125
Phonetic component	司	睪
Rime group	之	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	思	鐸
Old Chinese	/*slɯ/	/*l'aːɡ/

Etymology 1

Noun

司鐸

1. (literary, historical) one who is in charge of striking the duo (a large bell with a dull sound)
2. (literary, figurative) one who manages culture and education

Proper noun

司鐸

1. (historical) a palace in State of Lu in the Spring and Autumn period
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Latin sacerdōtem (“priest”), based on the full noun 撒責爾鐸德／撒责尔铎德 (sāzé'ěrduódé), cf. Portuguese sacerdote.

Noun

司鐸

1. (Catholicism) priest

Synonyms

• 神父 (shénfù)