琐罗亚斯德教

瑣羅亞斯德教
Suǒluóyàsīdéjiào
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Zoroastrianism (ancient Iranian dualistic religion founded by Zoroaster)

Examples

HSK 4
Suǒluóyàsīdéjiào zài gǔ Bōsī céng shì guó jiào.
Zoroastrianism was once the state religion of ancient Persia.
HSK 5
Suǒluóyàsīdéjiào shì shìjiè shàng zuì gǔlǎo de yī shén jiào zhīyī.
Zoroastrianism is one of the oldest monotheistic religions in the world.

Tips

history
Two Chinese names: classical 祆教 (used since the Tang dynasty) and the modern phonetic 琐罗亚斯德教 (transliterating 'Zoroaster'). The transliteration appears in scholarly and modern texts; 祆教 is preferred when discussing the religion's historical presence in China itself.

In Pop Culture

Xiān jiào
Xianjiao (Tang-era Chinese name for Zoroastrianism)
When Zoroastrianism reached Tang China via Sogdian merchants on the Silk Road, the Chinese coined the special character 祆 (xiān) - combining 礻 (spirit) and 天 (heaven) - exclusively for this religion.

Stroke Order

suǒ
luó
jiāo