教民 jiào mín adherent to a religion / convert 正教 zhèng jiào lit. true religion / orthodox religion / orthodox Christianity / Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians) syn 孟婆 mèng pó (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind 追随者 追隨者 zhuī suí zhě follower / adherent / following syn 遗老 遺老 yí lǎo old fogy / adherent of previous dynasty syn 新教徒 xīn jiào tú Protestant / adherent of Protestantism 印度教徒 yìn dù jiào tú Hindu / adherent of Hinduism 宗教 zōng jiào religion syn 信仰 xìn yǎng to believe in (a religion) / firm belief / conviction syn 复活 復活 fù huó to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection syn 教主 jiào zhǔ founder or leader of a religion or sect / (fig.) revered figure 圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest 圣人 聖人 shèng rén sage / the Sage (i.e. Confucius) / (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty / (religion) saint syn 先知 xiān zhī a person of foresight / (religion) a prophet syn 忏悔 懺悔 chàn huǐ to repent / (religion) to confess syn 尘世 塵世 chén shì (religion) this mortal life / the mundane world syn 教徒 jiào tú disciple / follower of a religion syn 外教 wài jiào foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists) 皈依 guī yī to convert to (a religion) syn 宣教 xuān jiào to preach a religion 独尊 獨尊 dú zūn to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant syn 神道 shén dào Shinto (Japanese religion) syn 造物主 zào wù zhǔ the Creator (in religion or mythology) / God syn 异教徒 異教徒 yì jiào tú member of another religion / heathen / pagan / heretic / apostate 法号 法號 fǎ hào name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) 国教 國教 guó jiào state religion 归心 歸心 guī xīn converted to (religion) syn 归依 歸依 guī yī to convert to (a religion) / to rely upon / refuge / mainstay syn 归附 歸附 guī fù to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc) / to submit syn 印度教 yìn dù jiào Hinduism / Indian religion syn 教 jiào religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell syn 法名 fǎ míng name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) / same as 法號|法号[fa3 hao4] 教理 jiào lǐ doctrine (religion) 融为一体 融為一體 róng wéi yī tǐ to fuse together (idiom) / hypostatic union (religion) syn 殉教 xùn jiào to die for one's religion 天理教 tiān lǐ jiào Tenrikyo (Japanese religion) syn 奉 fèng to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior) syn 一神教 yī shén jiào monotheistic religion / monotheism 创造论 創造論 chuàng zào lùn creationism (religion) 十戒 shí jiè the ten commandments (religion) 印度袄 印度襖 yìn dù ǎo Parsee or Parsi, member of the Zoroastrian sect (religion) 土地公 tǔ dì gōng Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) 多神教 duō shén jiào polytheistic religion / polytheism 宗教法庭 zōng jiào fǎ tíng Inquisition (religion) 巴哈伊 bā hā yī Baha'i (religion) 摩门 摩門 mó mén Mormon (religion) 改信 gǎi xìn to convert (to another religion) 智能设计 智能設計 zhì néng shè jì intelligent design (religion) 正教真诠 正教真詮 zhèng jiào zhēn quán Exegesis of the Right Religion by Wang Daiyu 王岱輿|王岱舆[Wang2 Dai4yu2], a study of Islam published during the Ming dynasty 洋教 yáng jiào foreign religion (esp. Western Christianity in Qing China) 涤罪所 滌罪所 dí zuì suǒ purgatory (religion) 万福玛丽亚 萬福瑪麗亞 wàn fú mǎ lì yà Hail Mary / Ave Maria (religion) 虔信 qián xìn piety / devotion (to a religion) / pious (believer) / devout 土地神 tǔ dì shén local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) (same as 土地公|土地公[Tu3 di4 Gong1]) 宗教和国际事务理事会 Council on Religion and International Affairs 宗教或信仰自由问题特别报告员 Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief 环境、宗教和文化问题国际讨论会 環境、宗教和文化問題國際討論會 International Seminar on Environment, Religion and Culture 宗教对和平文化的贡献 宗教對和平文化的貢獻 The Contribution by Religion to the Culture of Peace 关于宗教在促进和平文化中的作用的宣言 關於宗教在促進和平文化中的作用的宣言 Declaration on the Role of Religion in the Promotion of a Culture of Peace 世界宗教与和平会议 世界宗教與和平會議 World Conference on Religion and Peace 世界宗教日 World Religion Day 对宗教的诽谤 對宗教的誹謗 defamation of religion 黑白无常 黑白無常 hēi bái wú cháng (Chinese folk religion) Heibai Wuchang: two deities, one dressed in black and the other in white, responsible for escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld 摩尔门 摩爾門 mó ěr mén Mormon (religion) 在教 zài jiào to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam) 赎价 贖價 shú jià price paid to redeem an object / (religion) price paid to redeem sb / ransom 入教 rù jiào to join a religion 牲礼 牲禮 shēng lǐ (religion) to sacrifice / sacrifice / animal offered as sacrifice 教众 教眾 jiào zhòng (religion) believers / followers / adherents / the faithful 异象 異象 yì xiàng (religion) a vision / strange phenomenon 师公 師公 shī gōng Daoist priest (esp. in folk religion) / teacher's teacher (in academic or apprenticeship lineage) syn 