三位一體

See also: 三位一体

Chinese

		three	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat	organic whole; unity; one organic whole; unity; one; all; everyone concerned
trad. (三位一體)		三	位	一體
simp. (三位一体)		三	位	一体

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānwèiyītǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄊㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ wai⁶ jat¹ tai²
Eastern Min (BUC): săng-ôi-ék-tā̤
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-ūi-it-thé / sam-ūi-it-thé
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹se-we₆-iq₇-thi₅; ¹se-we₆-iq₇ ⁵thi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānwèiyītǐ [Phonetic: sānwèiyìtǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄊㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sanwèiyitǐ
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-wei⁴-i¹-tʻi³
  - Yale: sān-wèi-yī-tǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanweyitii
  - Palladius: саньвэйити (sanʹvɛjiti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ wai⁶ jat¹ tai²
  - Yale: sāam waih yāt tái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ wai⁶ jat⁷ tai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ wei⁶ yed¹ tei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ wɐi̯²² jɐt̚⁵ tʰɐi̯³⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: săng-ôi-ék-tā̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋui²⁴²⁽⁻²¹⁾ iʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ tʰɛ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-ūi-it-thé
  - Tâi-lô: sann-uī-it-thé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sva'uixittea
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ ui³³⁻²¹ it̚³²⁻⁴ tʰe⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ ui³³⁻¹¹ it̚³²⁻⁴ tʰe⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-ūi-it-thé
  - Tâi-lô: sam-uī-it-thé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sam'uixittea
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ ui³³⁻²¹ it̚³²⁻⁴ tʰe⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ ui³³⁻¹¹ it̚³²⁻⁴ tʰe⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹se-we₆-iq₇-thi₅; ¹se-we₆-iq₇ ⁵thi
  - MiniDict: se^平 we^去 ih^入 thi^去; se^平 we^去 ih^入 thi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se-hhue₃-iq₄-thi₂; ¹se-hhue₃-iq₄ ²thi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ ɦue³³ iɪʔ³³ tʰi²¹/, /se⁵⁵ ɦue³³ iɪʔ³³ tʰi³⁴/

Noun

三位一體

three in one; trinity; three forming an organic whole
(Christianity) Trinity
- 1642, 艾儒略 [Giulio Alenio], 天主降生言行紀畧, published 1853, page 6:
  
  生者為父，受主^{[sic – meaning 生]}者為子，故分二位。又父子極相愛慕，共發一愛，即第三位，所謂聖神也。此三位一體之義，未有天地之先，無始之始，已渾全完備，即天主靈明之本體也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  生者为父，受主^{[sic – meaning 生]}者为子，故分二位。又父子极相爱慕，共发一爱，即第三位，所谓圣神也。此三位一体之义，未有天地之先，无始之始，已浑全完备，即天主灵明之本体也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Shēng zhě wéi fù, shòu zhǔ zhě wéi zǐ, gù fēn èr wèi. Yòu fùzǐ jí xiàng àimù, gòng fā yī ài, jí dì sān wèi, suǒ wèi shèngshén yě. Cǐ sānwèiyītǐ zhī yì, wèi yǒu tiāndì zhī xiān, wú shǐ zhī shǐ, yǐ húnquán wánbèi, jí tiānzhǔ língmíng zhī běntǐ yě. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Terms for the Trinity in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	三位一體, 三一神, 三一上帝
Roman Catholic	三位一體, 天主聖三, 聖三
Eastern Orthodox	三位一體, 聖三一, 上帝聖三一
Church of the East	三威, 三一

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	位	一	體
さん Grade: 1	い > み Grade: 4	いち > いっ Grade: 1	たい Hyōgai
on'yomi		goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 三位一體 – see the following entry.

【三位一体さんみいったい】

[proper noun] (Christianity) the Trinity

(This term, 三位一體, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
三	位	一	體

Proper noun

三位一體 • (Samwiilche) (hangeul 삼위일체)

hanja form^? of 삼위일체 (“Trinity”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
三	位	一	體

Proper noun

三位一體

chữ Hán form of Tam Vị Nhất Thể (“Trinity; Trimurti”)