家祠

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	ancestral hall; temple
simp. and trad. (家祠)		家	祠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiācí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiācí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiacíh
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: jyā-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiatsyr
    • Palladius: цзяцы (czjacy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: gā chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Noun

家祠

1. ancestral shrine; ancestral hall; ancestral temple; lineage temple

Synonyms

• 宗祠 (zōngcí)
• 祠堂 (cítáng)
• 宗廟／宗庙 (zōngmiào)
• 家廟／家庙 (jiāmiào)
• 祖廟／祖庙 (zǔmiào)
• (Hokkien) 祖厝