Korean Word Entry
舊約聖經| Hangul: | 구약성경 |
| Revised Romanization: | guyagseonggyeong |
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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 |
| 經 | classic works, pass through |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄐㄧㄥ (jīng), ㄐㄧㄥˋ (jìng) |
| Cantonese: | ging1 |
| Japanese: | ケイ (kei)、 キョウ (kyou) / へ.る (heru)、 た.つ (tatsu)、 たていと (tateito)、 はか.る (hakaru)、 のり (nori)、 つね (tsune) |
| Korean: | 경 (gyeong) |
| Vietnamese: | kinh |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 经 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 経 |