默禱

See also: 默祷 and 黙祷

Chinese

		silent; write from memory	prayer; pray; supplication
trad. (默禱)		默	禱
simp. (默祷)		默	祷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mòdǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ tou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): me̍t-tó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mòdǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mòdǎo
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴-tao³
  - Yale: mwò-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohdao
  - Palladius: модао (modao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mak⁶ tou²
  - Yale: mahk tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² tʰou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: me̍t-tó
  - Hakka Romanization System: med do^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: med⁶ do³
  - Sinological IPA: /met̚⁵ to³¹/

Verb

默禱

to pray silently; to say a silent prayer
- 原來哈拿心中默禱，只動嘴唇，不出聲音，因此以利以為她喝醉了。 [MSC, trad.]
  原来哈拿心中默祷，只动嘴唇，不出声音，因此以利以为她喝醉了。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 撒母耳記上 (1 Samuel) 1:13
  Yuánlái Hāná xīnzhōng mòdǎo, zhǐ dòng zuǐchún, bù chū shēngyīn, yīncǐ Yǐlì yǐwèi tā hēzuì le. [Pinyin]
  Now Hannah, she spake [lit. prayed silently] in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (默禱):

→ Japanese: 黙祷(もくとう) (mokutō)
→ Korean: 묵도(默禱) (mukdo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
默	禱
もく Jinmeiyō	とう Jinmeiyō
goon	on'yomi

Noun

默(もく)禱(とう) • (mokutō)

Kyūjitai form of 黙祷: silent prayer

Korean

Hanja in this term
默	禱

Noun

默禱 • (mukdo) (hangeul 묵도)

hanja form^? of 묵도 (“silent prayer”)