庙

miào

CL 座 zuò

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Noun Uncommon

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Definitions

1. temple
2. ancestral shrine
3. temple fair
4. great imperial hall
5. imperial

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Related words

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• 庙宇 miào yǔ 庙宇 miào yǔ temple 书面语或正式场合用词: temple
• 教堂 jiào táng 教堂 jiào táng church 特指基督教礼拜场所: church
• 寺 sì 寺 sì Buddhist temple 佛教寺院: Buddhist temple

Synonyms

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• 寺庙 sì miào 寺庙 sì miào temple 泛指各种宗教建筑: temple

Usage notes

Common mistakes

英语“temple”可指佛寺或教堂，但“庙”在中文只指非基督教宗教场所，不能翻译为“教堂”。

Formality

“庙”为日常口语常用词，正式书面语中常用“庙宇”。

Example Sentences

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那座 庙 的大门是朱红的。

The gate of that temple is vermilion.

那座 庙 很古老。

That temple is very ancient.

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Words Containing 庙

• 寺庙 寺庙 sì miào: temple
• 庙会 庙会 miào huì: temple fair
• 伊瑞克提翁庙 伊瑞克提翁庙 yī ruì kè tí wēng miào: the Erechteum, Athens
• 喇嘛庙 喇嘛庙 lǎ ma miào: lamasery
• 大水冲了龙王庙 大水冲了龙王庙 dà shuǐ chōng le lóng wáng miào: lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
• 娘娘庙 娘娘庙 niáng niáng miào: temple of Goddess of Fertility
• 孔庙 孔庙 kǒng miào: Confucian temple
• 宗庙 宗庙 zōng miào: temple
• 宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚 宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚 nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn: rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
• 岱庙 岱庙 dài miào: Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai
• 帕台农神庙 帕台农神庙 pà tái nóng shén miào: Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, Athens
• 帕提侬神庙 帕提侬神庙 pà tí nóng shén miào: the Parthenon, Athens
• 廊庙 廊庙 láng miào: imperial court
• 庙主 庙主 miào zhǔ: head priest of a temple
• 庙口 庙口 miào kǒu: Miaokou, market district in Keelung, Taiwan
• 庙堂 庙堂 miào táng: imperial ancestral temple
• 庙塔 庙塔 miào tǎ: temples and pagodas
• 庙宇 庙宇 miào yǔ: temple
• 庙祝 庙祝 miào zhù: acolyte in charge of incense in a temple
• 庙号 庙号 miào hào: temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor
• 曲阜孔庙 曲阜孔庙 qū fù kǒng miào: temple to Confucius in his hometown Qufu
• 洪庙村 洪庙村 hóng miào cūn: Hongmiao village in Mudan District 牡丹區|牡丹区[mǔ dan qū] of Heze City, Shandong
• 琉璃庙 琉璃庙 liú lí miào: Liulimiao town in Beijing municipality
• 神庙 神庙 shén miào: temple
• 祠庙 祠庙 cí miào: ancestral hall
• 圣庙 圣庙 shèng miào: shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius)
• 跑了和尚跑不了庙 跑了和尚跑不了庙 pǎo le hé shàng pǎo bù liǎo miào: the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
• 跑得了和尚，跑不了庙 跑得了和尚，跑不了庙 pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào: the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
• 关庙 关庙 guān miào: Guanmiao, a district in Tainan 台南|台南[tái nán], Taiwan