佛教

Fójiào

noun HSK 6 #17,944

Meanings

1 Buddhism

Characters

religion; teaching

Examples

HSK 4

佛教在中国有两千多年的历史。

Fójiào zài Zhōngguó yǒu liǎngqiān duōnián de lìshǐ.

Buddhism has over two thousand years of history in China.

HSK 6

佛教、道教和儒教是中国三大传统思想。

Fójiào, Dàojiào hé Rújiào shì Zhōngguó sān dà chuántǒng sīxiǎng.

Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism are China's three great traditional philosophies.

HSK 7-9

佛教寺庙遍布全国各地。

Fójiào sìmiào biànbù quánguó gèdì.

Buddhist temples are spread all over the country.

Tips

culture

Buddhism arrived in China around the 1st century CE and blended with native Taoism and Confucianism to form a uniquely Chinese form of Buddhism (禅宗 Chán zōng = Zen).

usage

佛教 (Buddhism), 道教 (Dàojiào, Taoism), 基督教 (Jīdūjiào, Christianity), 伊斯兰教 (Yīsīlánjiào, Islam) - note the 教 suffix for religions.

Stroke Order

佛 Fó

教 jiāo