默禱

默禱

See also: 默祷 and 黙祷

Chinese

		silent; write from memory	prayer; pray; supplication
trad. (默禱)		默	禱
simp. (默祷)		默	祷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ tou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): me̍t-tó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mòdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohdao
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: mo4-tao3
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mwɔ⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ tou²
    • Yale: mahk tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² tʰou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: me̍t-tó
    • Hakka Romanization System: med do`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: med⁶ do³
    • Sinological IPA: /met̚⁵ to³¹/

Verb

默禱

1. to pray silently; to say a silent prayer

   • 原來哈拿心中默禱，只動嘴唇，不出聲音，因此以利以為她喝醉了。 [MSC, trad.]
     原来哈拿心中默祷，只动嘴唇，不出声音，因此以利以为她喝醉了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 撒母耳記上 (1 Samuel) 1:13

     Yuánlái Hāná xīnzhōng mòdǎo, zhǐ dòng zuǐchún, bù chū shēngyīn, yīncǐ Yǐlì yǐwèi tā hēzuì le. [Pinyin]

     Now Hannah, she spake [lit. prayed silently] in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (默禱):

• → Japanese: 黙祷(もくとう) (mokutō)
• → Korean: 묵도 (默禱, mukdo)