聖會

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting
trad. (聖會)		聖	會
simp. (圣会)		圣	会

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shènghuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ wui⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-fi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-hōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sian³ huê⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shènghuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shènghuèi
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-hui⁴
    • Yale: shèng-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqhuey
    • Palladius: шэнхуэй (šɛnxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ wui⁶
    • Yale: sing wuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ wui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ wui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ wuːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-fi
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin fi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ fi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ fi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-hōe
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-huē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seanghoe
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hue³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sian³ huê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siàⁿ huĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hue³⁵/

Noun

聖會

1. (Judaism) holy convocation; sacred assembly
   • 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 利未記 [Leviticus] 23:35:

     第一日當有聖會．甚麽勞碌的工都不可作。 [MSC, trad.]
     第一日当有圣会．什么劳碌的工都不可作。 [MSC, simp.]

     Dì-yī rì dāng yǒu shènghuì. Shénme láolù de gōng dōu bùkě zuò. [Pinyin]

     On the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.

2. (Christianity) holy church; holy congregation
   • 1850, 《聖會之史》 [Church History]‎^[1], volume 1:

     此事始行、而耶蘇之聖會初立、正是在東漢光武八年。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     此事始行、而耶苏之圣会初立、正是在东汉光武八年。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     Cǐ shì shǐ xíng, ér Yēsū zhī shènghuì chū lì, zhèngshì zài Dōnghàn Guāngwǔ bā nián. [Pinyin]

     It was the eighth year of Emperor Guangwu of Han when these matters began to occur and the Church of Jesus was first established.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “使徒信經 [Apostles' Creed]”, in 禮賢會規定禮文:

     又信聖神，大公聖會，聖徒相通，罪得赦宥，身體復生，後享永生，誠心所願。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     又信圣神，大公圣会，圣徒相通，罪得赦宥，身体复生，后享永生，诚心所愿。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     jau⁶ seon³ sing³ san⁴, daai⁶ gung¹ sing³ wui⁶, sing³ tou⁴ soeng¹ tung¹, zeoi⁶ dak¹ se³ jau⁶, san¹ tai² fau⁶ sang¹, hau⁶ hoeng² wing⁵ sang¹, sing⁴ sam¹ so² jyun⁶. [Jyutping]

     I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.