Japanese Word Entry
舊約聖書Simplified Japanese form: 旧約聖書
| Kana: | きゅうやくせいしょ |
| Romaji: | kyuuyakuseisho |
| Definition: | Old Testament |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 舊 | old things, old friend, old times, former, ex-, old, ancient, past |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄐㄧㄡˋ (jiù) |
| Cantonese: | gau6 |
| Japanese: | キュウ (kyuu) / ふる.い (furui)、 もと (moto)、 ひさしい (hisashii)、 ひさしく (hisashiku) |
| Korean: | 구 (gu) |
| Vietnamese: | cựu |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 旧 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 旧 |
| 約 | promise, approximately, shrink, treaty, agreement, covenant |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄩㄝ (yuē), ㄧㄠ (yāo), ㄧㄠˋ (yào), ㄉㄧˋ (dì) |
| Cantonese: | joek3 |
| Japanese: | ヤク (yaku) / つづ.まる (tsudumaru)、 つづ.める (tsudumeru)、 つづま.やか (tsudumayaka)、 つずめる (tsuzumeru)、 つずまやか (tsuzumayaka) |
| Korean: | 약 (yag), 요 (yo) |
| Vietnamese: | ước |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 约 |
| 聖 | holy, saint, sage, master, priest, sacred |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕㄥˋ (shèng) |
| Cantonese: | sing3 |
| Japanese: | セイ (sei)、 ショウ (shou) / ひじり (hijiri) |
| Korean: | 성 (seong) |
| Vietnamese: | thánh |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 圣 |
| Semantic variant form: | 圣 |
| 書 | write, book, letter, document, writings |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕㄨ (shū) |
| Cantonese: | syu1 |
| Japanese: | ショ (sho) / か.く (kaku)、 -が.き (-gaki)、 ふみ (fumi) |
| Korean: | 서 (seo) |
| Vietnamese: | thư |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 书 |