Chinese symbol for “preach”
说教
shuō jiào
Traditional: 說教
to preach
The closest CC-CEDICT match for preach is 说教 (shuō jiào), defined as: to preach.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “preach”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宣讲 (宣講) | xuān jiǎng | to preach; to explain publicly |
| 讲道 (講道) | jiǎng dào | to preach; a sermon |
| 布道 | bù dào | to preach (the Christian gospel) |
| 传讲 (傳講) | chuán jiǎng | to preach |
| 宣道 | xuān dào | to preach (the gospel); to evangelize |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 说教.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 说话 (說話) | shuō huà | to speak; to say |
| 听说 (聽說) | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that) |
| 说法 (說法) | shuō fǎ | to expound Buddhist teachings |
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
| 教师 (教師) | jiào shī | teacher; 个 (gè) |
| 宗教 | zōng jiào | religion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “preach”.
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.