HSK 6 · Society

宗教 zōngjiào “religion” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 宗教 means

  1. religion

How to say 宗教

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale宗zōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale教jiào4th tone, falling

宗教 in a sentence

  1. 这家公司不分种族、宗教或国籍雇用人。

    Zhè jiā gōngsī bù fēn zhǒngzú, zōngjiào huò guójí gùyòng rén.

    That company hires people regardless of race, religion or nationality.

    Sentence #785359 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我对中国宗教感兴趣。

    Wǒ duì Zhōngguó zōngjiào gǎn xìngqù.

    I’m interested in Chinese religion.

    Sentence #3378039 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我不信宗教。

    Wǒ bú xìn zōngjiào.

    I’m not religious.

    Sentence #769836 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 宗教 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 宗 (zōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
宗zōngschool
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 示sign · shì
The character 教 (jiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
教jiàoto teach; to instruct
  • 孝filial piety · xiàoSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 孝 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiào.

How to write 宗教

宗 8 strokes · 教 11 strokes

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宗教 (zōngjiào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 宗教 (zōngjiào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 宗教

Words with 宗

正宗zhèngzōng · authentic宗旨zōngzhǐ · aim

Words with 教

教室jiàoshì · classroom教jiāo · teach教授jiàoshòu · professor教育jiàoyù · to educate教练jiàoliàn · instructor教训jiàoxun · a lesson (learnt the hard way)教材jiàocái · teaching material请教qǐngjiào · to ask for advice教养jiàoyǎng · upbringing

More words: Society & Law

鞭炮biānpào · firecrackers传统chuántǒng · tradition种族zhǒngzú · race追悼zhuīdào · to mourn追究zhuījiū · to investigate驻扎zhùzhā · to be stationed走私zǒusī · to smuggle罪犯zuìfàn · criminal

FAQs

宗教 (zōngjiào) means “religion”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zōngjiào: zōng with a 1st tone, then jiào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 宗教 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zongjiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 宗教 from the suggestions. Typing zongjiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
宗教 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.