# 使徒
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shǐtú
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄊㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^3$ tou$^4$ / si$^5$ tou$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-thù
    (Hailu, HRS): sii$^ˊ$ tu
* Northern Min (KCR): sǎ̤-dǔ
* Eastern Min (BUC): sé̤ṳ-dù
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): so$^3$ dou$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sù-tô͘ / sìr-tô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sai$^3$ tu$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǐtú
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄊㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhtú
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^3$-tʻu$^2$
*** Yale: shř-tú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyytwu
*** Palladius: шиту (šitu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^3$ tou$^4$ / si$^5$ tou$^4$
*** Yale: si tòuh / síh tòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^3$ tou$^4$ / si$^5$ tou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^3$ tou$^4$ / xi$^5$ tou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː³³ tʰou̯²¹/, /siː¹³ tʰou̯²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$使徒 試圖 / 试图
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-thù
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii$^ˋ$ tu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: si$^3$ tu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ tʰu¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii$^ˊ$ tu
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴⁻³³ tʰu⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sǎ̤-dǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛ²¹ tu²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sé̤ṳ-dù
*** Sinological IPA : /sy²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t-)}$lu⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: so$^3$ dou$^2$ [Phonetic: so$^2$ lou$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seô-dó
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬo⁴⁵³⁻¹³ $^{(t-)}$lɔu¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: so$^3$ dou$^2$ [Phonetic: so$^1$ lou$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬɵ³³²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t-)}$lɔu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-tô͘
*** Tâi-lô: sù-tôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suo'doo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-tô͘
*** Tâi-lô: sìr-tôo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sai$^3$ tu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sài thû
*** Sinological IPA : /sai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰu⁵⁵/

### Noun

使徒
* (Protestantism, Eastern Orthodoxy) apostle

#### Synonyms

| Branch | Words |
| Protestant | 使徒 |
| Roman Catholic | 宗徒 |
| Eastern Orthodox | 使徒 |

#### Derived terms

* 使徒信經 / 使徒信经 (Shǐtú Xìnjīng)
* 使徒行傳 / 使徒行传 (Shǐtú Xíngzhuàn)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 使(し)徒(と) (shito)
* → Korean: 사도(使徒) (sado)
* → Vietnamese: sứ đồ (使徒)

## Japanese

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

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しと [shíꜜtò] (Atamadaka –)
* (Tokyo) しと [shìtóꜜ] (Odaka –)
* (Kyoto) しと [shíꜜtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɕi̥to̞]

### Noun

使(し)徒(と) • (shito)
* apostle

### References

* 1 2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 3 “使徒”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 使 | 徒 |

### Noun

使徒 • (sado) (hangeul 사도)
* hanja form of 사도 (“apostle”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 使 | 徒 |

### Noun

使徒
* chữ Hán form of sứ đồ (“apostle”).