信徒

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	apprentice; disciple
simp. and trad. (信徒)		信	徒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìntú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ tou⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sin-thù

(Hailu, HRS): sin^ˇ tu
Eastern Min (BUC): séng-dù
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-tô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìntú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìntú
  - Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-tʻu²
  - Yale: syìn-tú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinntwu
  - Palladius: синьту (sinʹtu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ tʰu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon³ tou⁴
  - Yale: seun tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên³ tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ tʰou̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-thù
  - Hakka Romanization System: xin tu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ tu²
  - Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ tʰu¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sin^ˇ tu
  - Sinological IPA: /sin¹¹ tʰu⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-dù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)nu⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-tô͘
  - Tâi-lô: sìn-tôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siendoo
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: sinH du

Rime
Character	信	徒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	息晉切	同都切
Baxter	sinH	du
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪn^H/	/duo/
Pan Wuyun	/sin^H/	/duo/
Shao Rongfen	/sjen^H/	/do/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sin^H/	/dɔ/
Li Rong	/siĕn^H/	/do/
Wang Li	/sĭĕn^H/	/du/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ĕn^H/	/dʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xìn	tú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san³	tou⁴

Noun

信徒

believer; follower (Classifier: 名 m)
- 名僧德眾，負錫為群；信徒法侶，持花成藪。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  名僧德众，负锡为群；信徒法侣，持花成薮。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Yang Xuanzhi, Record of the Monasteries of Luoyang, 6^th century CE
  Míngsēng dé zhòng, fùxī wèi qún; xìntú fǎlǚ, chí huā chéng sǒu. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

信徒皆祭司 (xìntú jiē jìsī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (信徒):

→ Japanese: 信(しん)徒(と) (shinto)
→ Korean: 신도(信徒) (sindo)
→ Vietnamese: tín đồ (信徒)

Others:

→ Bouyei: xinqtuf
→ Zhuang: sinduz

Japanese

Kanji in this term
信	徒
しん Grade: 4	と Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんと [shíꜜǹtò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩnto̞]

Noun

信(しん)徒(と) • (shinto)

one who believes in a religion; a believer

References

^ 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

“信徒”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
信	徒

Noun

信徒 • (sindo) (hangeul 신도)

hanja form^? of 신도 (“believer; follower”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
信	徒

Noun

信徒

chữ Hán form of tín đồ (“believer; follower”)

[NHK-1] 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

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Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Japanese

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Korean

Noun

Vietnamese

Noun