传教士 (chuán jiào shì) — missionary (a person sent to promote a religion, especially Christianity, in a foreign country)

Definition

Examples

• 那位传教士在非洲生活了二十年。
  Nà wèi chuán jiào shì zài fēi zhōu shēng huó le èr shí nián.
  That missionary lived in Africa for twenty years.
• 十九世纪很多西方传教士来到中国。
  Shí jiǔ shì jì hěn duō xī fāng chuán jiào shì lái dào zhōng guó.
  In the 19th century, many Western missionaries came to China.
• 他们村子里有一座传教士建的学校。
  Tā men cūn zi lǐ yǒu yí zuò chuán jiào shì jiàn de xué xiào.
  Their village has a school built by missionaries.