天主教

Tiānzhǔjiào

noun HSK 7-9 #6,876

Meanings

1 Catholicism
2 the Catholic Church

Characters

religion; teaching

Examples

HSK 2

他从小就信天主教。

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù xìn Tiānzhǔjiào.

He has been a Catholic since childhood.

HSK 6

天主教是世界上最大的基督教派。

Tiānzhǔjiào shì shìjiè shàng zuì dà de Jīdūjiào pài.

Catholicism is the largest Christian denomination in the world.

Tips

memory

天主 (Lord of Heaven) + 教 (religion/teaching) = the religion of the Lord of Heaven, i.e., Catholicism.

Stroke Order

天 tiān

主 zhǔ

教 jiāo