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Definition 2024

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

宗教

Sino-Xenic (宗教):

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

宗 ‎(shu, “sect”) + 教 ‎(kyō, “suffix for doctrine”)

宗教 ‎(hiragana しゅうきょう, romaji shūkyō)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zōngjiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥㄐㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongjiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ gaau³
  - Yale: jūng gaau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gaau³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kɑːu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-kau
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung´ gau
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ gau⁴
  - IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ka̯u⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cŭng-gáu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋɑu²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chong-kàu
  - Tâi-lô: tsong-kàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zongkaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ³³ kaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaʊ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaʊ²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tson jiau (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɔ²¹/