Chinese Word Entry

舊教

Simplified Chinese form: 旧教

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): jiù jiào
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau6 gaau3
Definitions:
  1. old teachings; wisdom from the past

  2. the Old Religion (ie Roman Catholicism) 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4], as opposed to Protestantism 新教[Xin1 jiao4]


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Chinese characters used in this word

old things, old friend, old times, former, ex-, old, ancient, past
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ (jiù)
Cantonese: gau6
Japanese: キュウ (kyuu) / ふる.い (furui)、 もと (moto)、 ひさしい (hisashii)、 ひさしく (hisashiku)
Korean: 구 (gu)
Vietnamese: cựu
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:
Simplified Japanese form:

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
Variants
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