Vietnamese Word Entry

教會
Quốc ngữ:giáo hội
Definitions:
  1. (Buddhism) a sangha (Buddhist congregation)

  2. (Catholicism, Mormonism, Orthodoxy) a church (a particular denomination of Christianity)

  3. (uncommon, Protestantism) Synonym of hội thánh (""a church"") (a particular denomination of Christianity)


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Chinese characters used in this word

teach, faith, doctrine, class
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ (jiào), ㄐㄧㄠ (jiāo)
Cantonese: gaau3
Japanese: キョウ (kyou)、 コウ (kou) / おし.える (oshieru)、 おそ.わる (osowaru)、 おしえ (oshie)
Korean: 교 (gyo)
Vietnamese: giáo
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meet, party, association, interview, join, to assemble, meet together, a meeting, an organization
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ (huì), ㄏㄨㄟˇ (huǐ), ㄎㄨㄞˋ (kuài), ㄎㄨㄛˋ (kuò)
Cantonese: wui6
Japanese: カイ (kai)、 エ (e) / あ.う (au)、 あ.わせる (awaseru)、 あつ.まる (atsumaru)
Korean: 회 (hoe), 괴 (goe), 괄 (gwal)
Vietnamese: hội, cối
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