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

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-sû
  - Hakka Romanization System: siin su^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ su¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ su²⁴/

Noun

聖書

(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)

the Bible

Noun

聖(せい)書(しょ) • (seisho)

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)

hanja form^? of 성서 (“Bible”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
聖	書

Noun

聖書

chữ Hán form of thánh thư (“scripture”)