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聖父

简圣父 · 繁聖父

Mandarin · pinyin Shèng fù

Holy Father
God the Father (in the Christian Trinity)

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聖: Look up this written character
父: fù · father; Kangxi radical 88
圣: shèng · holy, sacred

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4–4 · Sheng4 fu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sing3 fu6

Cantonese word readings for 聖父. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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name

(Christianity) God the Father; Holy Father
(Catholicism, rare) Holy Father (title of Pope)

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