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使徒

使徒

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	apprentice; disciple
simp. and trad. (使徒)		使	徒

Noun

使徒

apostle

Japanese

Kanji in this term
使	徒
し Grade: 3	と Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

使徒 ‎(hiragana しと, romaji shito)

apostle

Korean

Hanja in this term
使	徒

Noun

使徒 • ‎(sado) ‎(hangeul 사도)

Hanja form^? of 사도, “apostle”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shǐtú

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄊㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ tou⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-thù
Min Nan (POJ): sù-tô͘ / sìr-tô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǐtú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄊㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyytwu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: si³ tou⁴
  - Yale: si tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si³ tou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /siː³³ tʰou̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-thù
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii` tuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si³ tu²
  - IPA: /sɨ³¹ tʰu¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-tô͘
  - Tâi-lô: sù-tôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suo'doo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔ²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-tô͘
  - Tâi-lô: sìr-tôo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ²⁴/