國教

Chinese

		country; state; nation	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (國教)		國	教
simp. (国教)		国	教

Etymology

The sense "education provided by the state" is attestable in pre-Qin texts. The sense of "state religion" is an Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 国教(こっきょう) (kokkyō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guójiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ gaau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kok-kàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guójiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guójiào
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-chiao⁴
    • Yale: gwó-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwojiaw
    • Palladius: гоцзяо (goczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ gaau³
    • Yale: gwok gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ kaːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-kàu
    • Tâi-lô: kok-kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kokkaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kau²¹/

Noun

國教

1. state religion
2. (literary) education provided by the state; national education

Derived terms

• 聯合國教育科學文化組織／联合国教育科学文化组织
• 英國國教／英国国教

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
國	教

Noun

國教

1. chữ Hán form of quốc giáo (“state religion”).