Catholic in Chinese

How to write 天主教

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天主教 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 7-9. The highest band of the test: academic and professional mastery.

天主教 in a sentence

• 他tā是shì天tiān主zhǔ教jiào徒tú。

  He is Catholic.

• 那nà座zuò教jiào堂táng是shì天tiān主zhǔ教jiào堂táng。

  That church is Catholic.

• 天tiān主zhǔ教jiào在zài菲fēi律lǜ宾bīn很hěn普pǔ遍biàn。

  Catholicism is common in the Philippines.

天主教 vs 基督教 vs 宗教

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 基督教 jī dū jiào Christianity; Protestantism

  Learner trap: in everyday Chinese 基督教 often means Protestantism specifically, while 天主教 = Catholicism — different churches.

• 宗教 zōng jiào religion

  The general word — 天主教 is one denomination of it.