景教

Chinese

		bright; circumstance; scenery	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (景教)		景	教
simp. #(景教)		景	教
Literally: “luminous teaching”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngjiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² gaau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngjiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngjiào
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-chiao⁴
    • Yale: jǐng-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingjiaw
    • Palladius: цзинцзяо (czinczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging² gaau³
    • Yale: gíng gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ kaːu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjaengX kaewH

Rime
Character	景	教
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	居影切	古孝切
Baxter	kjaengX	kaewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiæŋX/	/kˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiaŋX/	/kᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiaŋX/	/kauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajŋX/	/kaɨwH/
Li Rong	/kiɐŋX/	/kauH/
Wang Li	/kĭɐŋX/	/kauH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐŋX/	/kauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐng	jiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging2	gaau3

Noun

景教

1. (historical, Christianity) Church of the East, Nestorianism

Further reading

• Church of the East in China on Wikipedia.Wikipedia