奉教

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Chinese

to receive (from superior); to offer; to revere teach; teaching; religion
trad. (奉教) 奉 教
simp. #(奉教) 奉 教

Pronunciation

Verb

奉教

  1. (literary) to receive instructions; to accept guidance
  2. to believe in a religion; to follow a religion

Noun

奉教

  1. (obsolete outside Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) Christianity

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 基督教 (“Christianity”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 基督教
Mandarin Taiwan 基督教
Singapore 基督教
Cantonese Hong Kong 基督教
Taishan 基督教
Singapore (Guangfu) 基督教
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 基督教
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 基督教
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 基督教
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 基督教
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 基督教
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 基督教
Eastern Min Fuzhou 基督教
Southern Min Xiamen 基督教
Quanzhou 基督教
Zhangzhou 基督教
New Taipei (Tamsui) 基督教
New Taipei (Pingxi) 基督教
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 基督教
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 基督教
Yilan 基督教
Tainan (Anping) 基督教
Penghu (Xiyu) 基督教
Penang (Hokkien) 奉教, 基督教
Singapore (Hokkien) 奉教, 基督教
Manila (Hokkien) 基督教
Wu Shanghai 基督教

Derived terms

References

  • Adam, T. B. (1905) “Christian”, in An English-Chinese dictionary of the Foochow dialect, Foochow
  • Lim Hiong Seng (1886) “Religious”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press
  • Tye, Timothy (2020 November 9 (last accessed)) Penang Hokkien Dictionary 槟城福建字典‎
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