圣约翰 聖約翰

圣 聖

• 神圣 神聖 shén shèng ㄕㄣˊ ㄕㄥˋ san4 sing3 divine
• 圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ sing3 jin4 a sage
• 圣诞节 聖誕節 Shèng dàn jié ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ sing3 daan3 zit3 Christmas time
• 亚圣 亞聖 yà shèng ㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄥˋ aa3 sing3 Second Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子 in Confucian studies
• 入圣 入聖 rù shèng ㄖㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ jap6 sing3 to become an arhat (Buddhism)

约 約

• 公约 公約 gōng yuē ㄍㄨㄥ ㄩㄝ gung1 joek3 convention (i.e. international agreement)
• 制约 制約 zhì yuē ㄓˋ ㄩㄝ zai3 joek3 to restrict
• 合约 合約 hé yuē ㄏㄜˊ ㄩㄝ hap6 joek3 contract; agreement
• 大约 大約 dà yuē ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝ daai6 joek3 approximately
• 契约 契約 qì yuē ㄑㄧˋ ㄩㄝ kai3 joek3 agreement

翰

• 挥翰 揮翰 huī hàn ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄢˋ fai1 hon6 (literary) to wield a writing brush
• 约翰 約翰 Yuē hàn ㄩㄝ ㄏㄢˋ joek3 hon6 John (name)
• 翰林 Hàn lín ㄏㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ hon6 lam4 refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
• 若翰 Ruò hàn ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄢˋ joek6 hon6 John (less common form of 若望 or 约翰)
• 词翰 詞翰 cí hàn ㄘˊ ㄏㄢˋ ci4 hon6 book

• 圣经贤传 聖經賢傳 shèng jīng xián zhuàn ㄕㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄢˋ sing3 ging1 jin4 zyun6 lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts
• 殷忧启圣 殷憂啟聖 yīn yōu qǐ shèng ㄧㄣ ㄧㄡ ㄑㄧˇ ㄕㄥˋ jan1 jau1 kai2 sing3 deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom)

• 博文约礼 博文約禮 bó wén yuē lǐ ㄅㄛˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄩㄝ ㄌㄧˇ bok3 man4 joek3 lai5 vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
• 不约而同 不約而同 bù yuē ér tóng ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄝ ㄦˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ bat1 joek3 ji4 tung4 (idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
• 词约指明 詞約指明 cí yuē zhǐ míng ㄘˊ ㄩㄝ ㄓˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ci4 joek3 zi2 ming4 concise but unambiguous (idiom)