Chinese symbol for “sermon”
布道
bù dào
Traditional: 佈道
sermon; to sermonize; to preach; to evangelize
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sermon is 布道 (bù dào), defined as: sermon; to sermonize; to preach; to evangelize.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sermon”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讲道 (講道) | jiǎng dào | to preach; a sermon |
| 传道 (傳道) | chuán dào | to lecture on doctrine; to expound the wisdom of ancient sages |
| 大道理 | dà dào li | major principle; general truth |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 布道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发布 (發佈) | fā bù | variant of 发布 (fā bù) |
| 宣布 (宣佈) | xuān bù | variant of 宣布 (xuān bù) |
| 公布 (公佈) | gōng bù | variant of 公布 (gōng bù) |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 道路 | dào lù | road; path |
| 道德 | dào dé | virtue; morality |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sermon”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.