🇬🇧🇨🇳 missionary - 传教士 : English Lesson

Meaning of "missionary" ("传教士"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A missionary is a person who travels to other places to share what they believe, teach, or help people who need food, school, medicine, or other care.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The missionary packed a Bible, a toothbrush, and exactly 47 granola bars, just in case the jungle didn’t serve breakfast.

When the missionary arrived in the remote village, the chickens were the first to greet him, clucking like a feathery welcome committee.

The missionary brought pencils, notebooks, and exactly one very confused cat that had snuck into his backpack.

During story time, the missionary acted out the tales so dramatically that even the goats stopped chewing to watch.

Many missionaries in history didn’t just share beliefs—they also started schools, hospitals, and helped translate languages, basically becoming super‑busy helpers in lots of different jobs.

A missionary crossed the muddy river with a small bag. The missionary cooked soup over a tin stove. The missionary bent to tie a child's torn shoe, then the missionary drew a chalk map on the wall to show where children could learn. The villagers smiled; the missionary sat with them as rain eased and hope warmed the room.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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