食教

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (食教)		食	教
simp. #(食教)		食	教

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): sia² gao⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-kàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziah⁸ ga³

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sia² gao⁴ [Phonetic: sia¹ ao⁴]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬia¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)au⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Yongchun)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-kàu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqkaux
    • IPA (Xiamen, Yongchun): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kau²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziah⁸ ga³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsia̍h kà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² ka²¹³/

Verb

食教

1. (Southern Min) to profess a religion; to become a believer (of a religion)
   • 1933, 連橫 (Lián Héng), 雅言 [yǎyán]‎^[1]:

     台灣語中有所謂「食教話」者，別成一種。蓋教會牧師學習台語，根據「廈門字典」；而「字典」所載多用文言，於是牧師操之、傳道者亦操之、入教者複操之，遂成別調。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     台湾语中有所谓「食教话」者，别成一种。盖教会牧师学习台语，根据「厦门字典」；而「字典」所载多用文言，于是牧师操之、传道者亦操之、入教者复操之，遂成别调。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Táiwānyǔ zhōng yǒu suǒwèi “shíjiào huà” zhě, bié chéng yīzhǒng. Gài jiàohuì mùshī xuéxí táiyǔ, gēnjù “shàmén zìdiǎn”; ér “zìdiǎn” suǒ zǎi duō yòng wényán, yúshì mùshī cāo zhī, chuándàozhě yì cāo zhī, rùjiàozhě fù cāo zhī, suì chéng biédiào. [Pinyin]

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   • (Can we date this quote?), “唔棚樣（不一樣）”, 林雲 (lyrics)‎^[2]performed by 林雲, 華聲泰國唱片公司:

     有人食教信天主　有人食齋拜佛祖 [Teochew, trad.]
     有人食教信天主　有人食斋拜佛祖 [Teochew, simp.]

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   1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Putian Puxian Min) to profess a foreign religion (especially Western Christianity)

Synonyms

• (to profess a religion): 信教 (xìnjiào); (Wu) 進教／进教
• (to profess Christianity): (Puxian Min) 拜教, 食番教

Derived terms

• 食教仔

 

Noun

食教

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) someone whose main occupation involves religion

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “食教”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 485.