多神教

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	gods	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (多神教)		多	神	教
simp. ^#(多神教)		多	神	教

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duōshénjiào

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛㄕㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ san⁴ gaau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duōshénjiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛㄕㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duoshénjiào
  - Wade–Giles: to¹-shên²-chiao⁴
  - Yale: dwō-shén-jyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoshernjiaw
  - Palladius: дошэньцзяо (došɛnʹczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: do¹ san⁴ gaau³
  - Yale: dō sàhn gaau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ san⁴ gaau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: do¹ sen⁴ gao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ sɐn²¹ kaːu̯³³/

Noun

多神教

(religion) polytheism

Japanese

Kanji in this term
多	神	教
た Grade: 2	しん Grade: 3	きょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 多 (ta-, “poly-; multi-”) +‎ 神 (shin, “god”) +‎ 教 (-kyō, “religion”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たしんきょー [tàshíńkyóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ta̠ɕĩŋʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

多(た)神(しん)教(きょう) • (tashinkyō) ^{←たしんけう (tasinkeu)^?}

(religion) a polytheistic religion

See also

一(いっ)神(しん)教(きょう) (isshinkyō)