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逊尼派

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3-character word Traditional 遜尼派

What 逊尼派 means

1. Sunni sect (of Islam)

The characters in 逊尼派

• 逊xùnto abdicate; modest; yielding
• 尼níBuddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
• 派pài(literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction…

Example sentences

• 在这个国家，大多数人口信奉逊尼派伊斯兰教。
  In this country, the majority of the population espouses Sunni Islam.
• 在第比利斯，你可以看到世界上唯一一座什叶派和逊尼派穆斯林一起祈祷的清真寺。
  In Tbilisi, you can find the only mosque in the world where shia and sunni Muslims pray together.