教皇 (Jiào huáng) — pope | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pope

Measure word · 位

教皇。
Jiào huáng Shì tiān zhǔ jiào huì de zuì gāo lǐng xiù.
The pope is the supreme leader of the Catholic Church.
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Xīn Jiào huáng de xuǎn jǔ xī yǐn le quán shì jiè de mù guāng.
The election of the new pope attracted worldwide attention.
教皇，。
Jiào huáng Fǎng wèn le duō gè guó jiā, hū yù hé píng.
The pope visited several countries, calling for peace.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

“教” points to religion and “皇” to an emperor, so the word pictures the emperor of the Church.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

子子zǐchild

攵Written in full as攴pūteaching cane; stick that represents authority

Sound part声符shēngfú

爻

爻yáo教jiào

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

教 uses 爻 for its sound and puts 子 (child) with 攵 (攴), a teaching cane, to show teaching a child.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

𤼽𤼽𤼽

Sound part声符shēngfú

王

王wáng皇huáng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The part 𤼽 originally drew a single peacock feather; 王 was later added to give the sound.

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