瑪竇 [玛窦]

Jyutping maa5 dau6
Pinyin mǎ dòu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. Matthew
  2. St Matthew the evangelist
  3. less common variant of 馬太|马太[Ma3 tai4] (preferred by the Catholic Church)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. name
    Matthew
    (syn.) 瑪特泰, 瑪竇, 馬太
    • 利瑪竇
      利玛窦
      lì mǎ dòu
      Matteo Ricci
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    1605年，来中国的意大利传教士利玛窦最初用拉丁字母来给汉字注音。
    1605年，來中國的意大利傳教士利瑪竇最初用拉丁字母來給漢字注音。
    １６０５ nián ， lái zhōng guó de yì dà lì chuán jiào shì lì mǎ dòu zuì chū yòng lā dīng zì mǔ lái gěi hàn zì zhù yīn ．
    • In 1605, Matteo Ricci (Li Madou), an Italian missionary who came to China, first used the Latin alphabet to phoneticize Chinese characters.
  2. Mandarin
    利玛窦
    利瑪竇
    lì mǎ dòu
    • Matteo Ricci