國教

國教

Chinese

		country; state; nation	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (國教)		國	教
simp. (国教)		国	教

Etymology

The sense "education provided by the state" is attestable in pre-Qin texts. The sense of "state religion" is Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 国教 (こっきょう) (kokkyō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guójiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Min Nan (POJ): kok-kàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guójiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwojiaw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guójiào
    • IPA ^(key): /kwɔ³⁵ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-kàu
    • Tâi-lô: kok-kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kokkaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kaʊ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kaʊ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kaʊ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kaʊ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kaʊ²¹/

Noun

國教

1. state religion
2. (literary) education provided by the state