奉教

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
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      奉教男女 [Classical Chinese]  ―  fèngjiào nánnǚ [Pinyin]  ―  Christian man and woman
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      勸奉教 只信天/劝奉教 只信天 [Classical Chinese]  ―  quàn fèngjiào, zhǐ xìn tiān [Pinyin]  ―  They promote Christianity and believe only in Heaven

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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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