Chinese symbol for “churchman”
教士
jiào shì
churchman; clergy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for churchman is 教士 (jiào shì), defined as: churchman; clergy.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “churchman”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 教士.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
| 教师 (教師) | jiào shī | teacher; 个 (gè) |
| 宗教 | zōng jiào | religion |
| 教授 | jiāo shòu | to teach (a subject) |
| 教学 (教學) | jiāo xué | to teach |
| 人士 | rén shì | person; figure |
| 博士 | bó shì | doctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade |
| 士兵 | shì bīng | soldier; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “churchman”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.