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  *教* | 教* | *教
to teach; to instruct
HSK 1
school building; academic building
HSK 1
teacher / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
teaching; instruction / CL:
HSK 2
classroom / CL: 間|间
HSK 2
to educate / to teach / education
HSK 2
teaching material / CL:
HSK 3
to ask for guidance / to consult
HSK 3
to coach; to train / instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:個|个,,)
HSK 3
professor / to instruct / to lecture on / CL: 個|个,
HSK 4
to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid / a talking-to; a bitter lesson / CL: , 頓|顿
HSK 4
Christianity / Christian
HSK 6
Buddhism
HSK 6
Ministry of Education
HSK 6
Taoism / Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
HSK 6
church; chapel / CL: , , 間|间
HSK 6
religion
HSK 6
to educate; to bring up; to nurture / upbringing; breeding; culture
HSK 7-9
to discipline / to teach / to guarantee
HSK 7-9
to give advice or comments
HSK 7-9
textbook / CL:
HSK 7-9
family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor
HSK 7-9
Islam
HSK 7-9
(honorific) to impart one's wisdom; to enlighten
HSK 7-9
Catholicism
HSK 7-9
doctrine / dogma / creed / dogmatic
HSK 7-9
to teach class / to lecture
Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example (idiom). Action speaks louder than words.
to preach a religion
Sikhism
tutor
(idiom) this young person is worth teaching (used to praise sb as promising or capable of being taught)
(Tw) student affairs (school office handling discipline and student counseling) (abbr. for 生活教育)
apostasy
UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
lit. not to change, despite repeated admonition / incorrigible / unrepentant
Zoroastrianism
Lamaism / Tibetan Buddhism
monotheistic religion / monotheism
Zoroastrianism
Brahmanism / Hinduism
to teach (as a professor)
disciple / follower of a religion
the Catholic Church
Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism, namely: Mt Wutai 五臺山|五台山 in Shanxi, Mt Emei 峨眉山 in Sichuan, Mt Jiuhua 九華山|九华山 in Anhui, Mt Potala 普陀山 in Zhejiang
cooperative education (Tw)
diocese / parish
to be so kind as to enlighten me
Eastern Orthodox Church
Yellow hat or Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism / also written 格魯派|格鲁派
the Church (as Royal Court) / the Holy See / the Vatican
Catholic cardinal
culture and education
Buddhism
Baptist (Christian sect)
to show / to teach
Christian church
to instruct / to teach / guidance / teaching
canon / religious rules
Voodoo (religious cult)
educational administration
special education / special-needs education
Humanistic Buddhism
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *教* | 教* | *教
surname Jiao
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *教* | 教* | *教
(bound form) to teach; to instruct / a religion / to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)
bishop
course of study (commonly used in book titles)
teacher's pointer
teaching method; pedagogy
dogmatism
state religion
sex education
higher education (abbr. for 高等教育)
general education
preschool education / early childhood education
to receive instruction / to benefit from advice
to instruct / to teach / to train / to raise (livestock)
the three foreign religions that had been introduced to China by the time of the Tang dynasty: Nestorianism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism
creed / doctrine / teachings
teaching aids / educational materials
army, civil service and education / all branches of state employment
teaching and administrative staff
teaching and administrative staff
to preach / missionary / to evangelize
to instigate / to incite / to abet
Hinduism / Indian religion
White Lotus society
Tenrikyo (Japanese religion)
Protestantism
(literary) to instruct; to admonish; to counsel / teachings; instruction; guidance
specialized education / technical school
UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
course syllabus / class curriculum
elementary education
Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)
to make learning fun / to combine education and entertainment
missionary
educationalist
academic world / academic circles / academia

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