巫毒教

Chinese

FWOTD – 24 February 2022

		witch; Malay	poison; narcotics	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (巫毒教)		巫	毒	教
simp. #(巫毒教)		巫	毒	教

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English voodoo + 教 (jiào, “religion”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūdújiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄉㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ duk⁶ gaau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūdújiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄉㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wudújiào
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-tu²-chiao⁴
    • Yale: wū-dú-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: udwujiaw
    • Palladius: удуцзяо (uduczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ tu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ duk⁶ gaau³
    • Yale: mòuh duhk gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ duk⁹ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ dug⁶ gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ tʊk̚² kaːu̯³³/

Noun

巫毒教

1. voodoo

   • 殭屍原本是指憑藉巫毒教的巫術甦醒過來的屍體。 [MSC, trad.]
     僵尸原本是指凭借巫毒教的巫术苏醒过来的尸体。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2008, 搜奇研究中心, 《暗夜·鮮血·晚禮服——吸血鬼傳奇》, page 89

     Jiāngshī yuánběn shì zhǐ píngjiè wūdújiào de wūshù sūxǐng guòlai de shītǐ. [Pinyin]

     Zombies originally referred to dead bodies that were revived by voodoo magic.

Related terms

• 巫毒娃娃 (wūdú wáwa)

See also

• 巫毒鼓 (wūdúgǔ)