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教宗

教宗

Chinese

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

Noun

教宗

pope, pontiff

Synonyms

教皇 (jiàohuáng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiàozōng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄗㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ zung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kau-chûng
Min Nan (POJ): kàu-chong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiàozōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄗㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawtzong
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau³ zung¹
  - Yale: gaau jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ dzung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑːu̯³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kau-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gau zung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gau⁴ zung¹
  - IPA: /ka̯u⁵⁵ t͡suŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-chong
  - Tâi-lô: kàu-tsong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaozofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/