# 慈繩愛索
## Chinese

| | | compassionate; gentle; mercifulcompassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane | rope | to love; affection; to be fond ofto love; affection; to be fond of; to like | large rope |
| trad. (慈繩愛索) | trad. (慈繩愛索) | 慈 | 繩 | 愛 | 索 |
| simp. (慈绳爱索) | simp. (慈绳爱索) | 慈 | 绳 | 爱 | 索 |

### Etymology

From Hosea 11:4 in the Chinese Union Version:
    我用慈繩愛索牽引他們、我待他們如人放鬆牛的兩腮夾板、把糧食放在他們面前。 [MSC, trad.]我用慈绳爱索牵引他们、我待他们如人放松牛的两腮夹板、把粮食放在他们面前。 [MSC, simp.]Wǒ yòng cí shéng ài suǒ qiānyǐn tāmen, wǒ dài tāmen rú rén fàngsōng niú de liǎng sāi jiābǎn, bǎ liángshí fàng zài tāmen miànqián. [Pinyin]I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them. (English Standard Version)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): císhéng'àisuǒ
    (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄕㄥˊ ㄞˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^4$ sing$^4$ oi$^3$ sok$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: císhéng'àisuǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄕㄥˊ ㄞˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cíhshéng-àisuǒ
*** Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ$^2$-shêng$^2$-ai$^4$-so$^3$
*** Yale: tsź-shéng-ài-swǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrsherngaysuoo
*** Palladius: цышэнъайсо (cyšɛnʺajso)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ʂɤŋ³⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^4$ sing$^4$ oi$^3$ sok$^3$
*** Yale: chìh sìhng oi sok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^4$ sing$^4$ oi$^3$ sok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^4$ xing$^4$ oi$^3$ sog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː²¹ sɪŋ²¹ ɔːi̯³³ sɔːk̚³/

### Noun

慈繩愛索
* (Christianity) "cords" of kindness and love of God
** 1947, 蓋恩夫人 [Madame Guyon], translated by 俞成華 [C.H. Yü], 《馨香的沒藥》 [Sweet Swelling Myrrh], Shanghai: Gospel Book Room, pages 234–235:
       Nǐ yòng císhéng'àisuǒ, kǔnbǎngle wǒ làngmàn de chìbǎng, què yòu fǔshǒu xìtīng, wǒ yōujìng de gēchàng; ò, tiánměi de ài, jīlì héqí shēnchén, gān zuò qiúnú, bùyuàn gāofēiyuǎndùn. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2012 April, 陳晉棻, “不能永遠如意、堅強”, in 《中信月刊》‎, volume 51, number 4:
       Dào jīntiān, yǔ Shàngdì tóngxíng yǐjīng jiǔ nián de shíguāng, zài zhè zhīzhōng, wǒ yě céng ruǎnruò tuìhòu, bèi shìjiè xīyǐn, huídào zhuīqiú shǔshì de shì shàng; dàn Shàngdì de císhéng'àisuǒ zǒngshì yīcì yòu yīcì bǎ Pèichǔ hé wǒ dàihuí Tā de shēnbiān, ràng wǒmen bùduàn de zài gèyàng shì shàng jīnglì Tā, yě rèndìng Tā. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2012 August, 許慧賢, “聚散有時、主愛不變”, in 《海外宣道雜誌》‎, volume 44, number 3, page 16:
       Zuìhòu, yuàn Yǐmǎnèilì de Shén suíshí suíshì tóngzài, yuàn Zhǔ de císhéng'àisuǒ shíkè qiānyǐn kàngù, yuàn Shènglíng wēixiǎo de shēngyīn chángcháng tíxǐng dīngníng. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2015, 柴子高, “從哥林多後書，學作主工人 (3)：基督的愛激勵我們”, in 《台灣正道院訊》‎, number 44, page 1:
       Yēsū Jīdū yòng císhéng'àisuǒ jiāng Bǎoluó wǎnhuí, diàozhuǎn Bǎoluó de rénshēng. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2023, 李協聰, 《跨PRAY 2：90天生命突破的禱告》‎, 希望之聲, →ISBN:
       Jiārénmen, zhè shì zhǐ zài shēngmìng dāngzhōng kěyǐ yīnzhe Yēsū Jīdū de ài lái fēnbié wèi shèng, ràng Shén de císhéng'àisuǒ zàicì jiāng wǒmen dàihuí Tā de huáilǐ, wǒmen yě yào gèng shēn kěmù Tā. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)