神父

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	father
simp. and trad. (神父)		神	父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ fu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-fu
• Eastern Min (BUC): sìng-hô
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-hū / sîn-hǔ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zen-vu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénfù → shénfu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄈㄨˋ → ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄈㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénfů
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-fu⁵
    • Yale: shén-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shern.fuh
    • Palladius: шэньфу (šɛnʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ fu⁵¹/ → /ʂən³⁵ fu³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ fu⁶
    • Yale: sàhn fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ fuː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng-hô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(h-)ŋou²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-hū
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinhu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² hu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ hu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ hu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-hǔ
    • IPA (Philippines): /sin²⁴⁻²² hu³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² hu²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zen-vu
    • MiniDict: zen^去 vu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-vu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² vu⁴⁴/

Noun

神父

1. (Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) father; priest

Usage notes

This term is used by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians as a term of address for priests. Priests in Anglican churches are usually called 牧師／牧师 (mùshī), which is a term that Protestants in general use for ordained pastors.

Synonyms

• 神甫 (shénfǔ)
• 司鐸／司铎 (sīduó)
• (Hokkien) 巴禮／巴礼
• (Suzhou) 洋和尚, 外國和尚／外国和尚

See also

• 牧師／牧师 (mùshī)
• 祭司 (jìsī)
• 教士 (jiàoshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	父
しん Grade: 3	ふ > ぷ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
神父 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​んぷ [shíꜜǹpù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩmpɯ̟ᵝ]

• Homophones: 新婦 (bride), 新譜 (new release (of music))

Noun

神(しん)父(ぷ) • (shinpu) 

1. (Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) a father, a priest

Related terms

• 牧師(ぼくし) (bokushi)
• 司祭(しさい) (shisai)

Korean

Hanja in this term
神	父

Noun

神父 • (sinbu) (hangeul 신부)

1. Hanja form^? of 신부 (“a father, a priest”).