廟 (miu6 miu6*2 | miao4) : temple; shrine

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廟

miu6 miu6*2

miao4

[1] temple; shrine
[2] royal/imperial court
[3] temple fair

(Classifier(s): 座)

Jyutping miu6*2 is used only as the last syllable of a term that refers to a temple/shrine.

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 广 (#53)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

廟 / 庙

This word has been viewed 6677 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Dec 2013 10:14

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廟宇 miu6 jyu5 miao4 yu3 = temple; shrine

回教廟 wui4 gaau3 miu6*2 = a mosque (廟 = shrine) 粵

文武廟 man4 mou5 miu6*2 wen2 wu3 miao4 = Manmou temple

廟街 miu6 gaai1 miao4 jie1 = Temple Street

寺廟 zi6 miu6*2 si4 miao4 = temple; a building for religious ceremonies or worship

祖廟 zou2 miu6*2 zu3 miao4 = ancestral temple

孔廟 hung2 miu6*2 kong3 miao4 = Temple of Confucius

岱廟 doi6 miu6*2 dai4 miao4 = Dai Temple

道廟 dou6 miu6*2 dao4 miao4 = Daoist / Taoist temple; Daoist / Taoist monastery

佛廟 fat6 miu6*2 fo2 miao4 = Buddhist temple, Buddhist monastery
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 廟
Unicode code for this character: U+5edf (off-site link)

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