宗教

宗教

Chinese

		school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (宗教)		宗	教
simp. #(宗教)		宗	教
anagram		教宗

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 宗(しゅう)教(きょう) (shūkyō).[1]

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zōngjiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gaau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-kau
• Min Dong (BUC): cŭng-gáu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chong-kàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zong¹ ga³

• Wu (Wiktionary): tson jiau (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōngjiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zongjiào
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹-chiao⁴
    • Yale: dzūng-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongjiaw
    • Palladius: цзунцзяо (czunczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: zung¹ gaau³
    • Yale: jūng gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kaːu̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 中校 宗教

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-kau
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´ gau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ gau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kau̯⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cŭng-gáu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋɑu²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chong-kàu
    • Tâi-lô: tsong-kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zongkaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ³³ kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kau²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zong¹ ga³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsong kà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ³³⁻²³ ka²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tson jiau (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɔ²¹/

Noun

宗教

1. religion; the sacred

   信仰宗教  ―  xìnyǎng zōngjiào  ―  to have religious faith

   宗教教育  ―  zōngjiào jiàoyù  ―  religious education

   民族宗教  ―  mínzú zōngjiào  ―  ethnoreligious

   世俗和宗教之間的關係 [MSC, trad.]
   世俗和宗教之间的关系 [MSC, simp.]

   shìsú hé zōngjiào zhījiān de guānxì [Pinyin]

   the relationship between the secular and the sacred

Synonyms

• (Dungan) 教門／教门

Derived terms

Derived terms from 宗教

宗教信仰 (zōngjiào xìnyǎng) 宗教徒 (zōngjiàotú) 宗教派 (zōngjiàopài) 宗教自由 (zōngjiào zìyóu) 天啟宗教／天启宗教 (tiānqǐ zōngjiào)

宗教學／宗教学 (zōngjiàoxué) 宗教戰爭／宗教战争 (zōngjiào zhànzhēng) 新興宗教／新兴宗教 (xīnxīng zōngjiào) 有組織宗教／有组织宗教 (yǒuzǔzhī zōngjiào) 無宗教／无宗教 (wúzōngjiào)

References

1. 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 410

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
宗	教
しゅう Grade: 6	きょう Grade: 2

Etymology

From 宗 (shū, “sect”) + 教 (kyō, suffix for doctrine).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅ​うきょー [shúꜜùkyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːkʲo̞ː]

Noun

宗(しゅう)教(きょう) • (shūkyō) 

1. religion

Derived terms

• 無(む)宗(しゅう)教(きょう) (mushūkyō, “irreligion, no religious affiliation”)

Related terms

• 教(きょう)祖(そ) (kyōso)
• 宗(しゅう)派(は) (shūha, “religious sect”)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 宗教[1]
• → Korean: 종교 (jonggyo)
• → Vietnamese: tôn giáo

References

1. 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 410

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Korean

Hanja in this term
宗	教

Noun

宗教 • (jonggyo) (hangeul 종교)

1. Alternative form of 宗敎 (“religion”)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
宗	教

Noun

宗教

1. chữ Hán form of tôn giáo (“religion”).