# 奉教
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fèngjiào
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fung$^6$ gaau$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): hō̤ng-ga̿u
* Eastern Min (BUC): hông-gáu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hōng-kàu / hōng-kà
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hong$^6$ ga$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fèngjiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fòngjiào
*** Wade–Giles: fêng$^4$-chiao$^4$
*** Yale: fèng-jyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenqjiaw
*** Palladius: фэнцзяо (fɛnczjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /fɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fung$^6$ gaau$^3$
*** Yale: fuhng gaau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fung$^6$ gaau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fung$^6$ gao$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fʊŋ²² kaːu̯³³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hō̤ng-ga̿u
*** Sinological IPA : /xɔŋ⁵⁵ kau³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hông-gáu
*** Sinological IPA : /huŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ $^{(k-)}$ŋɑu²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng-kàu
*** Tâi-lô: hōng-kàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoxngkaux
*** IPA (Singapore): /hɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kau²¹/
*** IPA (Penang): /hɔŋ²¹ kau²¹/
** (Hokkien: Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng-kà
*** Tâi-lô: hōng-kà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoxngkax
*** IPA (Singapore): /hɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ka²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hong$^6$ ga$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hŏng kà
*** Sinological IPA : /hoŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ ka²¹³/

### Verb

奉教
* (literary) to receive instructions; to accept guidance
* to believe in a religion; to follow a religion

### Noun

奉教
* (obsolete outside Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) Christianity
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    奉教男女 [Classical Chinese] ― fèngjiào nánnǚ [Pinyin] ― Christian man and woman
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    勸奉教　只信天／劝奉教　只信天 [Classical Chinese] ― quàn fèngjiào, zhǐ xìn tiān [Pinyin] ― They promote Christianity and believe only in Heaven

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 基督教 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 基督教 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 基督教 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 基督教 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 基督教 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 基督教 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 基督教 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 基督教 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 基督教 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 基督教 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 基督教 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 基督教 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 基督教 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 基督教 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 基督教 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 基督教 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 基督教 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 基督教 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 基督教 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 基督教 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 基督教 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 基督教 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 基督教 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 奉教, 基督教 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 奉教, 基督教 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 基督教 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 基督教 |

#### Derived terms

* 奉教人 (fèngjiàorén)

### References

* Adam, T. B. (1905) “Christian”, in An English-Chinese dictionary of the Foochow dialect, Foochow
* Lim Hiong Seng (1886) “Religious”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press
* Tye, Timothy (2020 November 9 (last accessed)) Penang Hokkien Dictionary 槟城福建字典‎