教宗

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàozōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄗㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ zung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kau-chûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàu-chong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàozōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàozong
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴-tsung¹
    • Yale: jyàu-dzūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawtzong
    • Palladius: цзяоцзун (czjaoczun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau³ zung¹
    • Yale: gaau jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao³ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kau-chûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau zung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯⁵⁵ t͡suŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-chong
    • Tâi-lô: kàu-tsong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaozofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

教宗

1. pope; pontiff

Synonyms

• 教皇 (jiàohuáng)

Japanese

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

Proper noun

教(きょう)宗(しゅう) • (Kyōshū) 

1. an unknown-gender given name