# 天主教 (Tiānzhǔjiào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 天主教 (Tiānzhǔjiào) means “Catholicism”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: Catholicism
- Pinyin: Tiānzhǔjiào (Tian1 zhu3 jiao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这里有很多人信仰天主教。
  Zhèlǐ yǒu hěn duō rén xìnyǎng Tiānzhǔjiào.
  Many people here practice Catholicism.

## Characters

- [天](https://hanziro.com/word/tian-day/) (tiān): day; sky
- [主](https://hanziro.com/word/zhu-host/) (zhǔ): host; owner
- [教](https://hanziro.com/word/jiao-teach/) (jiāo): to teach

https://hanziro.com/word/tian-zhu-jiao-catholicism/

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