大同教

Chinese

		Great Unity	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (大同教)		大同	教
simp. #(大同教)		大同	教

Etymology

Coined by then Tsinghua University President Cao Yunxiang in 1935 as he thought that some ideas in Bahai faith were similar to the 大同 (dàtóng) concept in Confucianism.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàtóngjiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ tung⁴ gaau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàtóngjiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàtóngjiào
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tʻung²-chiao⁴
    • Yale: dà-túng-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtorngjiaw
    • Palladius: датунцзяо (datunczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ tung⁴ gaau³
    • Yale: daaih tùhng gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tung⁴ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ tung⁴ gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tʰʊŋ²¹ kaːu̯³³/

Noun

大同教

1. (dated) Baháʼí Faith

Synonyms

• 巴哈伊教 (Bāhāyījiào)
• 巴哈伊信仰 (Bāhāyī Xìnyǎng)