聖體

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (聖體)		聖	體
simp. (圣体)		圣	体

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèngtǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄊㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ tai²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-thí
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sèng-thé

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêng³ ti²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèngtǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄊㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèngtǐ
  - Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-tʻi³
  - Yale: shèng-tǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqtii
  - Palladius: шэнти (šɛnti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ tai²
  - Yale: sing tái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ tai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ tei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ tʰɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-thí
  - Hakka Romanization System: siin ti^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ ti³
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ tʰi³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-thé
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-thé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangtea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰe⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêng³ ti²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sèng thí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰi⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

聖體

(Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) host; sacramental bread
(archaic) the emperor's health
(slang) (short form of 先天聖體) prodigy, someone born with talent

Synonyms

(the emperor's health): 聖躬／圣躬 (shènggōng)

Derived terms

聖體櫃 / 圣体柜 (shèngtǐguì)
聖體節 / 圣体节 (shèngtǐjié)
聖體血 / 圣体血 (shèngtǐxuè)
領聖體 / 领圣体 (líng shèngtǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (聖體):

→ Japanese: 聖体(せいたい) (seitai)
→ Korean: 성체(聖體) (seongche)
→ Vietnamese: thánh thể (聖體)

Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	體

Noun

聖體 • (seongche) (hangeul 성체)

hanja form^? of 성체 (“Eucharist; Body of Christ; Corpus Christi”)