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基督教 is the Chinese, Japanese and Korean word for “Christianity.”
Just as in English, this word is often used to mean “Protestant” but includes Catholics in the true definition.
It is the word used to refer to the whole “Christian religion” or “Christian Faith,” and therefore, it can be translated as “Christianity.” However, used as an adjective in regard to a person, it would translate as “Christian.” But more like saying, “His religion is Christianity,” rather than a noun form.
If you break it apart, the characters mean Base/Foundation Leading/Supervising Religion/Teaching. It makes more sense in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. The first two characters together are translated as “Christ.” So you can also say this means “Christ's Religion” or “Christ's Teachings” when directly translated, or in reverse, “The Religion of Christ” or “The Teaching of Christ.”
Notes: The last character has a slight difference in one stroke - however, in calligraphic form, this will not be apparent. This entry can easily be read by any Korean person who knows Hanja characters (Chinese characters used in Korean).
基督教徒 is the most verbose (longest) word for “Christian” in the Chinese and Japanese languages.
The literal translation of the first two characters is Christ.
The third Character means “Religion” or “Teaching.”
The last character means “apprentice” or “disciple.”
Altogether these three characters mean “Christ's Teaching Disciple” or “Christ's Religion Apprentice.”
Note: The last two characters are sometimes translated together as “follower (of a religion),” so you could also say it means “Follower of Christ.”
This four-character title makes it very clear what you are talking about in Chinese.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 基督教 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
基督教 see styles |
jī dū jiào ji1 du1 jiao4 chi tu chiao kirisutokyou / kirisutokyo きりすときょう |
More info & calligraphy: Christianity / ChristianChristianity |
基督教徒 see styles |
jī dū jiào tú ji1 du1 jiao4 tu2 chi tu chiao t`u chi tu chiao tu |
More info & calligraphy: Disciple of Christianity |
基督教派 see styles |
jī dū jiào pài ji1 du1 jiao4 pai4 chi tu chiao p`ai chi tu chiao pai |
Christian denomination |
基督教短大 see styles |
kitokukyoutandai / kitokukyotandai きとくきょうたんだい |
(place-name) Kitokukyōtandai |
普世基督教 see styles |
pǔ shì jī dū jiào pu3 shi4 ji1 du1 jiao4 p`u shih chi tu chiao pu shih chi tu chiao |
ecumenical |
基督教科學派 基督教科学派 see styles |
jī dū jiào kē xué pài ji1 du1 jiao4 ke1 xue2 pai4 chi tu chiao k`o hsüeh p`ai chi tu chiao ko hsüeh pai |
Christian Science |
日本基督教団 see styles |
nihonkirisutokyoudan / nihonkirisutokyodan にほんきりすときょうだん |
(org) United Church of Christ in Japan; (o) United Church of Christ in Japan |
国際基督教大学 see styles |
kokusaikirisutokyoudaigaku / kokusaikirisutokyodaigaku こくさいキリストきょうだいがく |
(org) International Christian University; (o) International Christian University |
基督教民主聯盟 基督教民主联盟 see styles |
jī dū jiào mín zhǔ lián méng ji1 du1 jiao4 min2 zhu3 lian2 meng2 chi tu chiao min chu lien meng |
Christian Democratic Union (German political party) |
東京基督教大学 see styles |
toukyoukirisutokyoudaigaku / tokyokirisutokyodaigaku とうきょうきりすときょうだいがく |
(org) Tokyo Christian University; (o) Tokyo Christian University |
世界基督教統一神霊協会 see styles |
sekaikirisutokyoutouitsushinreikyoukai / sekaikirisutokyotoitsushinrekyokai せかいきりすときょうとういつしんれいきょうかい |
(org) Unification Church (kor: Tongil Gyohoe); The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity; (o) Unification Church (kor: Tongil Gyohoe); The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity |
世界基督教統一神霊教会 see styles |
sekaikirisutokyoutouitsushinreikyoukai / sekaikirisutokyotoitsushinrekyokai せかいきりすときょうとういつしんれいきょうかい |
(org) Reverend Sun Myung Moon's unification Church; (o) Reverend Sun Myung Moon's unification Church |
日本基督教社会事業同盟 see styles |
nipponkirisutokyoushakaijigyoudoumei / nipponkirisutokyoshakaijigyodome にっぽんきりすときょうしゃかいじぎょうどうめい |
(o) Japan Christian Social Work League |
Variations: |
kirisutokyou / kirisutokyo キリストきょう |
Christianity |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Christianity Christian | 基督教 | kirisutokyou kirisutokyo | jī dū jiào ji1 du1 jiao4 ji du jiao jidujiao | chi tu chiao chituchiao |
Disciple of Christianity | 基督教徒 | kirisutokyouto kirisutokyoto | jī dū jiào tú ji1 du1 jiao4 tu2 ji du jiao tu jidujiaotu | chi tu chiao t`u chituchiaotu chi tu chiao tu |
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
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We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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