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天主教

天主教

Chinese

		the Lord of Heaven; God	religion; teaching; teach
simp. and trad. (天主教)		天主	教

Proper noun

天主教

(Intermediate Mandarin) Catholicism

Derived terms

天主教徒 (Tiānzhǔjiàotú)

天主教會／天主教会 (Tiānzhǔ Jiàohuì)

References

天主教 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Catholicism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Tiānzhǔjiào

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄓㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zyu² gaau³
Min Nan (POJ): Thian-chú-kàu / Thian-chí-kàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Tiānzhǔjiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄓㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianjuujiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ zyu² gaau³
  - Yale: tīn jyú gaau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzy² gaau³
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyː³⁵ kɑːu̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-chú-kàu
  - Tâi-lô: Thian-tsú-kàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienzw'kaux
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʊ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʊ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-chí-kàu
  - Tâi-lô: Thian-tsí-kàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiency'kaux
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʊ²¹/