祖廟

See also: 祖庙

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	temple; monastery
trad. (祖廟)		祖	廟
simp. (祖庙)		祖	庙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔmiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² miu^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-biō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔmiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔmiào
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-miao⁴
    • Yale: dzǔ-myàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuumiaw
    • Palladius: цзумяо (czumjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² miu^6-2
    • Yale: jóu míu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² miu^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² miu^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ miːu̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-biō
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo-biō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofbioi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bio²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bio⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bio²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bio³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɤ³³/

Noun

祖廟

1. ancestral hall; family temple (for royal or noble families)

Synonyms

• 宗廟／宗庙 (zōngmiào)
• 宗祠 (zōngcí)
• 祠堂 (cítáng)
• 家廟／家庙 (jiāmiào)
• 家祠 (jiācí)
• (Hokkien) 祖厝

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祖廟):

• → Korean: 조묘(祖廟) (jomyo)