Chinese Word Entry

摩西五經

Simplified Chinese form: 摩西五经

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄒㄧ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
Mandarin (Pinyin): Mó xī Wǔ jīng
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo1 sai1 ng5 ging1
Definitions:
  1. the Pentateuch

  2. the five books of Moses in the Old Testament


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Chinese characters used in this word

chafe, rub, polish, grind, scrape, scour, friction
Readings
Mandarin: ㄇㄛˊ (mó), ㄇㄚ (mā), ㄇㄧˊ (mí)
Cantonese: mo1
Japanese: マ (ma) / ま.する (masuru)、 さす.る (sasuru)、 す.る (suru)
Korean: 마 (ma)
Vietnamese: ma

西 west, Spain, west(ern), westward, occident, Kangxi radical 146
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧ (xī)
Cantonese: sai1
Japanese: セイ (sei)、 サイ (sai)、 ス (su) / にし (nishi)
Korean: 서 (seo)
Vietnamese: tây, tê

five, surname
Readings
Mandarin: ㄨˇ (wǔ)
Cantonese: ng5
Japanese: ゴ (go) / いつ (itsu)、 いつ.つ (itsutsu)
Korean: 오 (o)
Vietnamese: ngũ
Variants
Semantic variant form:

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
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