巫毒教

巫毒教

Chinese

		witch; Malay	poison; narcotics	teach; teaching; religion
simp. and trad. (巫毒教)		巫	毒	教

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English voodoo + 教 (jiào, “religion”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūdújiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄉㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ duk⁶ gaau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wūdújiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄉㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: udwujiaw
    • IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ tu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ duk⁶ gaau³
    • Yale: mòuh duhk gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ duk⁹ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ dug⁶ gao³
    • IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ tʊk̚² kaːu̯³³/

Noun

巫毒教

1. voodoo