殉道

Chinese

		buried with dead; die for a cause	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (殉道)		殉	道
simp. #(殉道)		殉	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùndào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûn-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùndào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùndào
    • Wade–Giles: hsün⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: syùn-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunndaw
    • Palladius: сюньдао (sjunʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: sēun douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn-tō
    • Tâi-lô: sûn-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sundoi
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴⁻¹¹ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³⁻³³ tɤ³³/

Verb

殉道

1. to die for a just cause; to be a martyr; to be martyred

Derived terms

• 以身殉道
• 殉道者 (xùndàozhě)