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TOPIK 5noun

기독교

gidokgyo [기독꾜]

기독교가 · 기독교를

Christianity; Protestantism

Example

한국에는 기독교를 믿는 사람이 꽤 많아요.

There are quite a lot of people in Korea who believe in Christianity.

Word parts

기독 is a sound transliteration of 'Christ', via Chinese; the syllables carry no real meaning.

Good to know

In everyday Korean, 기독교 usually means Protestant Christianity; Catholicism is called 천주교.