聖書

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	book; letter
trad. (聖書)		聖	書
simp. (圣书)		圣	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ syu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-sû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngshu
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-shu¹
    • Yale: shèng-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqshu
    • Palladius: шэншу (šɛnšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ syu¹
    • Yale: sing syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ syː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin su´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ su²⁴/

Noun

聖書

1. (religion) holy book; sacred text

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	書
せい Grade: 6	しょ Grade: 2
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せ​ーしょ [séꜜèshò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɕo̞]

Proper noun

聖(せい)書(しょ) • (Seisho) 

1. the Bible

Noun

聖(せい)書(しょ) • (seisho) 

1. a Bible

Derived terms

• 旧(きゅう)約(やく)聖(せい)書(しょ) (Kyūyaku Seisho, “Old Testament”)
• 新(しん)約(やく)聖(せい)書(しょ) (Shin'yaku Seisho, “New Testament”)

Descendants

• → Yami: seysio

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	書

Proper noun

聖書 • (Seongseo) (hangeul 성서)

1. Hanja form^? of 성서 (“Bible”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
聖	書

Noun

聖書

1. chữ Hán form of thánh thư (“scripture”).