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使徒行传

Shǐ tú Xíng Zhuàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Acts of the Apostles (New Testament)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-6c82f61dd7f547c5. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

使徒行傳 使徒行传 [Shi3 tu2 Xing2 Zhuan4] /Acts of the Apostles (New Testament)/

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Other forms in these source records: 使徒行傳

  • 使
    shǐ

    to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger

  • 徒
    tú

    (bound form) disciple / apprentice / believer / (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[piàn tú] "swindler" or 叛徒[pàn tú] "traitor" etc) / (bound form) on foot / (bound form) bare / empty / (bound form) to no avail / in vain / (bound form) merely / just / only / (bound form) prison sentence

    Tú

    surname Tu

  • 行
    háng

    (bound form) row / line / (bound form) line of business / trade / profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines

    héng

    used in 道行[dào héng]

    xíng

    (bound form) to walk / to go / to travel / (literary) trip / journey / visit / (bound form) temporary / makeshift / (bound form) current / in circulation / (bound form) to do / to perform / capable / competent / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct (Taiwan pr. [xìng]) / (literary) about to / soon

  • 传
    chuán

    to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)

    zhuàn

    biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station

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