新教

Xīnjiào

noun #35,115

Meanings

1 Protestantism
2 Protestant Christianity

Characters

religion, teaching

Examples

HSK 6

他是新教徒。

Tā shì xīnjiàotú.

He is a Protestant.

HSK 7-9

新教与天主教的最大区别之一是对教皇权威的看法。

Xīnjiào yǔ Tiānzhǔjiào de zuì dà qūbié zhīyī shì duì jiàohuáng quánwēi de kànfǎ.

One of the biggest differences between Protestantism and Catholicism is the view on papal authority.

Tips

culture

Literally 'New Religion' - a 16th-century Chinese coinage contrasting 新教 (Protestantism, the 'new' Reformation churches) with 旧教 (Jiùjiào, 'old religion' = Catholicism). Modern Chinese typically uses 新教 vs 天主教 (Tiānzhǔjiào, 'Religion of the Lord of Heaven') for Catholicism. A Protestant person/church is 新教徒 / 新教教会.

Stroke Order

新 xīn

教 jiāo