The major religions in China are Taoism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity.
Source: tatoeba (897973)
Taoism
//ˈtaʊ̯.ɪzm̩//
Synonyms for "taoism" (3 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
74 translations across 44 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- طَاوِيَّة name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- طَاوِيَّة name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
Belarusian
1 entries- даасі́зм name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Bulgarian
1 entries- даои́зъм name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Burmese
1 entries- တာအိုဘာသာ name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Catalan
1 entries- taoisme name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Chinese
1 entries- 道教 name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 道家 name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- 道教 name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 道家 name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- 道教 name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
Czech
1 entries- taoismus name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Danish
4 entries- daoisme name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- daoisme name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
- taoisme name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- taoisme name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
Dutch
1 entries- taoïsme name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Finnish
4 entries- taoismi name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- taoismi name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
- taolaisuus name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- taolaisuus name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
French
1 entries- taoïsme name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Georgian
1 entries- დაოსიზმი name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
German
2 entries- Daoismus name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- Taoismus name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Greek
1 entries- ταοϊσμός name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 道教 name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
Hindi
1 entries- ताओ धर्म name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Hungarian
1 entries- taoizmus name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Icelandic
1 entries- daoismi name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Indonesian
1 entries- Taoisme name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Japanese
1 entries- 道教 name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
Khmer
1 entries- សាសនាតាវ name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Korean
1 entries- 도교 name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
Latvian
2 entries- daoisms name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- daoisms name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
Lithuanian
1 entries- daoizmas name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Macedonian
1 entries- таои́зам name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Malay
1 entries- Taoisme name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Marathi
2 entries- ताओ धर्म name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
- ताओवाद name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- taoisme name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Polish
4 entries- daoizm name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- daoizm name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
- taoizm name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- taoizm name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
Portuguese
1 entries- taoismo name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Russian
4 entries- даоси́зм name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- даоси́зм name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
- таои́зм name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- таои́зм name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- daoìzam name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- taoìzam name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- даоѝзам name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- таоѝзам name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Slovak
1 entries- taoizmus name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Slovene
1 entries- daoizem name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Spanish
2 entries- taoismo name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
- taoísmo name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Swahili
1 entries- Utao name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Tamil
1 entries- தாவோயியம் name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Thai
1 entries- ลัทธิเต๋า name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Turkish
1 entries- taoizm name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Ukrainian
1 entries- даоси́зм name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
Vietnamese
4 entries- Tiên giáo name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
- Tiên Đạo name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
- Đạo giáo name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
- đạo Hoàng Lão name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
Welsh
2 entries- Taoaeth name (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
- Taoaeth name (religion developed from Taoist philosophy)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Of these, Taoism is a native religion, the others having been introduced from foreign lands.
Source: tatoeba (897982)
Taoism was founded on the teachings of Laozi, a sage born in 604 B.C. in present-day Henan Province.
Source: tatoeba (897988)
Taoism changed me.
Source: tatoeba (8505169)
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