教會

See also: 敎會 and 教会

Chinese

Etymology 1

religion; faith; religious teachings
association; society; gathering
association; society; gathering; meeting
 
trad. (教會/敎會) /
simp. (教会)

Pronunciation


Noun

教會

  1. (Christianity) church (house of worship or religious organization)
    教會教会 [Cantonese]  ―  faan1 gaau3 wui6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to go to church
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (教會):
  • Japanese: (きょう)(かい) (kyōkai) (see there for further descendants)
  • Korean: 교회(敎會) (gyohoe)
  • Vietnamese: giáo hội (教會)

Others:

Etymology 2

to teach; to instruct to know how to perform a task; can; to be able to
trad. (教會/敎會) /
simp. (教会)

Pronunciation


Verb

教⫽會 (verb-complement)

  1. to teach until someone succeeds in learning
Derived terms

References

  • Duffus, William (1883) “Church”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 42

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きょう
Grade: 2
かい
Hyōgai
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 教會 – see the following entry.
教会きょうかい
[noun] (Christianity) church
(This term, 教會, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

教會 • (gyohoe) (hangeul 교회)

  1. alternative form of 敎會 (church)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

教會

  1. chữ Hán form of giáo hội (church, sangha)