邪教

Chinese

		daemonical; iniquitous; nefarious	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (邪教)		邪	教
simp. #(邪教)		邪	教

Etymology

First used by Taoist intellectual and courtier Fu Yi (554−639 CE) against Buddhism.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiéjiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce⁴ gaau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sià-kau
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siâ-kàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sia⁵ ga³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhia-ciau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiéjiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siéjiào
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²-chiao⁴
    • Yale: syé-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyejiaw
    • Palladius: сецзяо (seczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce⁴ gaau³
    • Yale: chèh gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse⁴ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé⁴ gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː²¹ kaːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sià-kau
    • Hakka Romanization System: xia^ˇ gau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xia² gau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯a¹¹ kau̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâ-kàu
    • Tâi-lô: siâ-kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sia'kaux
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sia²⁴⁻¹¹ kau¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia²³⁻³³ kau²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Tainan): /sia²⁴⁻³³ kau²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sia²⁴⁻²² kau²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia¹³⁻²² kau²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sia²⁴⁻²² kau⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sia⁵ ga³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâ kà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ka²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhia-ciau
    • MiniDict: zhia^去 ciau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxia-jiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑia²² t͡ɕiɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

邪教

1. evil teachings; heterodox teachings

   Antonym: 正教 (zhèngjiào)

2. (evil) cult; sect

   反對邪教／反对邪教  ―  fǎnduì xiéjiào  ―  to combat evil cults

   邪教和正當宗教間，通常沒有真正的區別 [MSC, trad.]
   邪教和正当宗教间，通常没有真正的区别 [MSC, simp.]

   xiéjiào hé zhèngdāng zōngjiào jiān, tōngcháng méiyǒu zhēnzhèng de qūbié [Pinyin]

   There is usually no real difference between a cult and a legitimate religion.

See also

• 異教／异教 (yìjiào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
邪	教
じゃ Grade: S	きょう Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑa̠kʲo̞ː]

Noun

邪(じゃ)教(きょう) • (jakyō) 

1. heretical religion, heresy
   • 1936, 戸坂潤, 思想と風俗:

     でいわゆる邪教(じゃきょう)も、ただ単(たん)に邪悪(じゃあく)な信仰(しんこう)のことなどではない。

     De iwayuru jakyō mo, tada tanni jaaku na shinkō no koto nado de wa nai.

     And these so-called heresies are not simply evil cults.

References

• “邪教”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
邪	教

Noun

邪教

1. chữ Hán form of tà giáo (“heresy; cult”)