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圣索非亚大教堂

Shèng suǒ fēi yà Dà jiào tángdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)
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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.

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Original source entry:

聖索非亞大教堂 圣索非亚大教堂 [Sheng4 suo3 fei1 ya4 Da4 jiao4 tang2] /Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)/

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Other forms in these source records: 聖索非亞大教堂

  • 圣
    kū

    (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)

    shèng

    (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual / paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy / sacred

  • 索
    suǒ

    to search / to demand / to ask / to exact / large rope / isolated

    Suǒ

    surname Suo / abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suǒ mǎ lǐ], Somalia

  • 非
    fēi

    to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must

    Fēi

    abbr. for 非洲[Fēi zhōu], Africa

  • 亚
    yà

    second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [yǎ]

    Yà

    Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Yǎ]

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 教
    jiāo

    to teach / to instruct

    jiào

    (bound form) to teach / to instruct / a religion / to cause (sb to do sth) / to tell (sb to do sth)

    Jiào

    surname Jiao

  • 堂
    táng

    (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jiān] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.