使徒

shǐtú
apostle

CEDICT

  1. (Protestantism, Eastern Orthodoxy) apostle
  2. apostle

Wiktionary

基督教称耶稣的弟子约翰、彼得等十二人为使徒。后泛称被耶稣派遣，奉上帝之命以传教救人的人。

重編國語辭典

为特殊使命奉召被差派出去的门徒。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 使 shǐ
  1. to make
  2. to cause
  3. to enable
  4. to use
  5. to employ
  6. to send
  7. to instruct sb to do sth
  8. envoy
  9. messenger
2 徒 tú
  1. (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 骗徒 piàntú "swindler" or 叛徒 pàntú "traitor" etc)
  2. (bound form) on foot
  3. (bound form) bare; empty
  4. (bound form) to no avail; in vain
  5. (bound form) merely; just; only
  6. (bound form) prison sentence

Containing this entry

使徒行传 Shǐtú Xíng Zhuàn Acts of the Apostles (New Testament)
使徒行传 Shǐtú Xíngzhuàn
使徒信经 Shǐtú Xìnjīng