信教

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (信教)		信	教
simp. #(信教)		信	教

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnjiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ gaau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-kàu

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• 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

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

Synonyms

• (Hokkien, Teochew) 食教
• (Wu) 進教／进教

Japanese

Kanji in this term
信	教
しん Grade: 4	きょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

信(しん)教(きょう) • (shinkyō) 

1. religious belief

Derived terms

• 信教(しんきょう)の自由(じゆう) (shinkyō no jiyū)