基督教

Jīdūjiào

noun HSK 6 #6,936

Meanings

1 Christianity
2 Protestantism (in Chinese context, often distinguished from Catholicism)

Characters

base; foundation (transliteration syllable for 'Christ')

to supervise (transliteration syllable for 'Christ')

religion; teaching

The religion of Christ - Christianity.

Examples

HSK 2

他信基督教。

Tā xìn Jīdūjiào.

He believes in Christianity.

HSK 6

基督教在全世界有很多信徒。

Jīdūjiào zài quánshìjiè yǒu hěnduō xìntú.

Christianity has many followers around the world.

HSK 6

基督教是世界三大宗教之一。

Jīdūjiào shì shìjiè sān dà zōngjiào zhīyī.

Christianity is one of the three major world religions.

Tips

culture

In Chinese, 基督教 usually refers specifically to Protestantism, while 天主教 refers to Catholicism. Together they fall under the broader category of Christianity.

Stroke Order

基 jī

督 dū

教 jiāo