美以美 měi yǐ měi Methodist (Christian sect) 施洗约翰 施洗約翰 shī xǐ yuē hàn John the Baptist 施洗者约翰 施洗者約翰 shī xǐ zhě yuē hàn John the Baptist 洗者若翰 xǐ zhě ruò hàn St John the Baptist 世界浸礼会联盟 世界浸禮會聯盟 Baptist World Alliance 门派 門派 mén pài sect / school (group of followers of a particular doctrine) 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 教主 jiào zhǔ founder or leader of a religion or sect / (fig.) revered figure 佛祖 fó zǔ Buddha / founder of a buddhist sect 祖师 祖師 zǔ shī founder (of a craft, religious sect etc) syn 派系 pài xì sect / faction syn 派别 派別 pài bié group / sect / clique / faction / school syn 教派 jiào pài sect 什叶派 什葉派 shí yè pài Shia sect (of Islam) 宗派 zōng pài sect syn 祖师爷 祖師爺 zǔ shī yé founder (of a craft, religious sect etc) syn 逊尼派 遜尼派 xùn ní pài Sunni sect (of Islam) 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 会众 會眾 huì zhòng audience / participants / congregation (of religious sect) 宗 zōng school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs syn 旁门左道 旁門左道 páng mén zuǒ dào dissenting religious sect (idiom) / heretical school of opinion / dissident group syn 瓦哈比教派 wǎ hā bǐ jiào pài Wahhabism (a conservative sect of Islam) 印度袄 印度襖 yìn dù ǎo Parsee or Parsi, member of the Zoroastrian sect (religion) 噶当派 噶當派 gá dāng pài Bkar-dgam-pa sect of Tibetan Buddhism 噶举派 噶舉派 gá jǔ pài Geju (Tibetan: transmit word of Buddha) sect of Tibetan Buddhist 智顗 zhì yǐ Zhiyi (538-597), founder of the Tiantai sect of Buddhism 玄理 xuán lǐ profound theory / philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄學|玄学 sect 白山宗 bái shān zōng Sufi sect of Islam in central Asia 白山派 bái shān pài Sufi sect of Islam in central Asia 虔信派 qián xìn pài pious sect / fundamentalist faction 斋教 齋教 zhāi jiào Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism 智𫖮 智顗 zhì yǐ Zhiyi (538-597), founder of the Tiantai sect of Buddhism 教案 jiào àn lesson plan / teaching plan / a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing) 公元 gōng yuán CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini) syn 教会 教會 jiào huì Christian church 基督教 jī dū jiào Christianity / Christian syn 基督徒 jī dū tú Christian syn 西元 xī yuán (Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini) 万圣节 萬聖節 wàn shèng jié All Saints (Christian festival) 路西法 lù xī fǎ Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology) 亚伯 亞伯 yà bó Abe (short form for Abraham) / Abel, a figure of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mythologies 布道 bù dào to preach (the Christian gospel) syn 圣子 聖子 shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) 该隐 該隱 gāi yǐn Cain (name) / Cain (biblical character), a figure of Judeo-Christian-Muslim mythology 多普勒 duō pǔ lè Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who discovered the Doppler effect 开恩 開恩 kāi ēn to give a favor (used of Christian God) syn 团契 團契 tuán qì Christian association / fellowship 佛龛 佛龕 fó kān niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc) 青年会 青年會 qīng nián huì YMCA (international Christian youth movement, formed in 1844) 圣礼 聖禮 shèng lǐ Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Protestant) / also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics 西里尔 西里爾 xī lǐ ěr Cyril (name) / Saint Cyril, 9th century Christian missionary / Cyrillic 阿摩司书 阿摩司書 ā mó sī shū Book of Amos, one of the books of the Nevi'im and of the Christian Old Testament 基督教民主联盟 基督教民主聯盟 jī dū jiào mín zhǔ lián méng Christian Democratic Union (German political party) 基督教徒 jī dū jiào tú a Christian 路西弗 lù xī fú Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology) 安徒生 ān tú shēng Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) 基督教派 jī dū jiào pài Christian denomination 克里斯蒂安 kè lǐ sī dì ān Kristian or Christian (name) 燕京大学 燕京大學 yān jīng dà xué Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919 中原大学 中原大學 zhōng yuán dà xué Chung Yuan Christian University, in Taiwan 修院 xiū yuàn seminary (Christian college) 倪柝声 倪柝聲 ní tuò shēng Ni Tuosheng or Watchman Nee (1903-1972), influential Chinese Christian 克里斯汀·贝尔 克里斯汀·貝爾 KelisitingBeier Christian Bale (1974-), English actor 和散那 hé sǎn nà Hosanna (in Christian praise) 四旬斋 四旬齋 sì xún zhāi Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) 因父之名 yīn fù zhī míng in the Name of the Father (in Christian worship) 基民党 基民黨 jī mín dǎng Christian democratic party 基督教科学派 基督教科學派 jī dū jiào kē xué pài Christian Science 坚信礼 堅信禮 jiān xìn lǐ confirmation (Christian ceremony) 坚振 堅振 jiān zhèn confirmation (Christian ceremony) 坚振礼 堅振禮 jiān zhèn lǐ confirmation (Christian ceremony) 大斋期 大齋期 dà zhāi qī Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) 大斋节 大齋節 dà zhāi jié great fast / Christian lent 天使报喜节 天使報喜節 tiān shǐ bào xǐ jié Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March) / Lady day 客西马尼花园 客西馬尼花園 kè xī mǎ ní huā yuán Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story) 提多 tí duō Titus (1st century AD), Christian missionary, disciple of St. Paul 最后的晚餐 最後的晚餐 zuì hòu de wǎn cān the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story) 本罪 běn zuì actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪) 棕枝全日 zōng zhī quán rì Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter) 橄榄山 橄欖山 gǎn lǎn shān Mount of Olives (in the Christian passion story) 火湖 huǒ hú burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian mythology) 百合子 bǎi hé zi Yuriko, Japanese female given name, translates Christian name Lily 监牧 監牧 jiān mù shepherd / Tang dynasty official with responsibility for animal husbandry / pastor (cleric in charge of a Christian parish) 耶稣升天节 耶穌升天節 yē sū shēng tiān jié Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter) 耶稣降临节 耶穌降臨節 yē sū jiàng lín jié Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas) 圣事 聖事 shèng shì Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Catholic) / also called 聖禮|圣礼 by Protestants 圣奥古斯丁 聖奧古斯丁 shèng ào gǔ sī dīng St Augustine / Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), theologian and Christian philosopher / Sankt Augustin, suburb of Beuel, Bonn, Germany 圣心 聖心 shèng xīn Sacred Heart (Christian) 圣母升天节 聖母升天節 shèng mǔ shēng tiān jié Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August) 圣洗 聖洗 shèng xǐ baptism (Christian ceremony) 圣烛节 聖燭節 shèng zhú jié Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February) 圣父 聖父 shèng fù Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity) 圣神 聖神 shèng shén feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor / general term for saint in former times / term for God during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国 / Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity) 圣神降临 聖神降臨 shèng shén jiàng lín Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit) 圣餐台 聖餐檯 shèng cān tái (Christian) altar 圣体 聖體 shèng tǐ the Emperor's body / Jesus' body / communion wafer (in Christian mass) 自罪 zì zuì actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪) / conscious sin 万灵节 萬靈節 wàn líng jié All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November) 谢肉节 謝肉節 xiè ròu jié carnival (esp. Christian) 