食教

食教

1. (Southern Min) to profess a religion; to become a believer (of a religion)
   • 1933, 連橫 (Lián Héng), 雅言 [yǎyán]‎^[1]:

     台灣語中有所謂「食教話」者，別成一種。蓋教會牧師學習台語，根據「廈門字典」；而「字典」所載多用文言，於是牧師操之、傳道者亦操之、入教者複操之，遂成別調。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     台湾语中有所谓「食教话」者，别成一种。盖教会牧师学习台语，根据「厦门字典」；而「字典」所载多用文言，于是牧师操之、传道者亦操之、入教者复操之，遂成别调。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Táiwānyǔ zhōng yǒu suǒwèi “shíjiào huà” zhě, bié chéng yīzhǒng. Gài jiàohuì mùshī xuéxí táiyǔ, gēnjù “shàmén zìdiǎn”; ér “zìdiǎn” suǒ zǎi duō yòng wényán, yúshì mùshī cāo zhī, chuándàozhě yì cāo zhī, rùjiàozhě fù cāo zhī, suì chéng biédiào. [Pinyin]

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   • (Can we date this quote?), “唔棚樣（不一樣）”, 林雲 (lyrics)‎^[2]performed by 林雲, 華聲泰國唱片公司:

     有人食教信天主　有人食齋拜佛祖 [Teochew, trad.]
     有人食教信天主　有人食斋拜佛祖 [Teochew, simp.]

     u⁶ nang⁵ ziah⁸ ga³ sing³ tiêng¹ zu², u⁶ nang⁵ ziah⁸ zê¹ bai³ hug⁴ zou² [Peng'im]

     Some people profess Christianity and believe in the Lord, some people keep to a vegetarian diet and pray to Buddha

   1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Putian Puxian Min) to profess a foreign religion (especially Western Christianity)

• (to profess a religion): 信教 (xìnjiào); (Wu) 進教／进教
• (to profess Christianity): (Puxian Min) 拜教, 食番教

食教

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) someone whose main occupation involves religion

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “食教”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 485.