施洗

Chinese

		distribute (alms); to do; to execute distribute (alms); to do; to execute; to carry out	to wash; to bathe
trad. (施洗)		施	洗
simp. ^#(施洗)		施	洗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīxǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄒㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ sai²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): si-sóe / si-sé

(Teochew, Peng'im): si¹ soi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīxǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄒㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihsǐ
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-hsi³
  - Yale: shr̄-syǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyshii
  - Palladius: шиси (šisi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ sai²
  - Yale: sī sái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ sei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɐi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-sóe
  - Tâi-lô: si-sué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sisoea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si⁴⁴⁻²² sue⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si³³ sue⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /si⁴⁴⁻³³ sue⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-sé
  - Tâi-lô: si-sé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sisea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴⁻²² se⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si¹ soi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si sói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³⁻²³ soi⁵²/

Verb

施⫽洗 (verb-object)

(Christianity, intransitive) to baptize
- 1900, 《使徒行傳·中西字》 [The Acts of the Apostles in English and Cantonese], Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, chapter 8, verse 38:
  
  就令乘車停住、腓力共太監兩家落水、腓力就施洗過佢 [Cantonese, trad.]
  就令乘车停住、腓力共太监两家落水、腓力就施洗过佢 [Cantonese, simp.]
  zau⁶ ling⁶ sing⁶ ce¹ ting⁴ zyu⁶, fei⁴ lik⁶ gung⁶ taai³ gaam³ loeng⁵ gaa¹ lok⁶ seoi², fei⁴ lik⁶ zau⁶ si¹ sai² gwo³ keoi⁵ [Jyutping]
  And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
- 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 馬太福音 [Matthew] 3:11:
  
  我是用水給你們施洗、叫你們悔改．但那在我以後來的、能力比我更大、我就是給他提鞋、也不配．他要用聖靈與火給你們施洗。 [MSC, trad.]
  我是用水给你们施洗、叫你们悔改．但那在我以后来的、能力比我更大、我就是给他提鞋、也不配．他要用圣灵与火给你们施洗。 [MSC, simp.]
  Wǒ shì yòng shuǐ gěi nǐmen shīxǐ, jiào nǐmen huǐgǎi. Dàn nà zài wǒ yǐhòu lái de, nénglì bǐ wǒ gèng dà, wǒ jiùshì gěi tā tí xié, yě bù pèi. Tā yào yòng Shènglíng yǔ huǒ gěi nǐmen shīxǐ. [Pinyin]
  I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire (English Revised Version)

Synonyms

施浸 (shījìn)

Derived terms

施洗約翰／施洗约翰 (Shīxǐ Yuēhàn)