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信教

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Chinese

More information letter; true; to believeletter; true; to believe; sign; evidence, teach; teaching; religion ...

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìnjiào

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ gaau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-kàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìnjiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìnjiào
  - Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-chiao⁴
  - Yale: syìn-jyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnjiaw
  - Palladius: синьцзяо (sinʹczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon³ gaau³
  - Yale: seun gaau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ gaau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên³ gao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ kaːu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-kàu
  - Tâi-lô: sìn-kàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienkaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ kau²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ kau²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ kau¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ kau²¹/

Verb

信教

to practice a faith; to be religious; to profess a religion
(Hong Kong, Singapore) to be a Christian

Synonyms

(Hokkien, Teochew) 食教
(Wu) 進教／进教

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Japanese

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Noun

信(しん)教(きょう) • (shinkyō)

religious belief

Derived terms

信教(しんきょう)の自由(じゆう) (shinkyō no jiyū)

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