DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

聖約瑟夫

简圣约瑟夫 · 繁聖約瑟夫

Mandarin · pinyin Shèng yuē sè fū

Saint Joseph

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

聖: Look up this written character
約: yuē · treaty, agreement, covenant
瑟: sè · large stringed musical instrument; dignified, massive; sound of wind
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
圣: shèng · holy, sacred
约: yuē · treaty, agreement, covenant

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–1–4–1 · Sheng4 yue1 se4 fu1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

聖約瑟夫 · find source passages ↗ · 圣约瑟夫 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗