庙
temple; ancestral shrine; CL:座[zuo4]; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial
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How 庙 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A building 广 containing an altar 由
How to remember it
temple · Heisig RSH #2171
cave + sprout
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 庙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大水冲了龙王庙 | dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng wáng miào | lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom); fig. to fail to recognize a fa… |
| 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); you can run this time, b… |
| 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); you can run this time, b… |
| 帕台农神庙 | Pà tái nóng Shén miào | Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, Athens |
| 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) |
| 伊瑞克提翁庙 | Yī ruì kè tí wēng miào | the Erechteum, Athens |
| 庙会 | miào huì | temple fair |
| 庙口 | Miào kǒu | Miaokou, market district in Keelung, Taiwan |
| 庙主 | miào zhǔ | head priest of a temple |
| 神庙 | shén miào | temple |
| 关庙 | Guān miào | Guanmiao, a district in Tainan 台南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan |
| 庙号 | miào hào | temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor |
| 帕德嫩神庙 | Pà dé nèn Shén miào | Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, Athens (Tw) |
| 庙塔 | miào tǎ | temples and pagodas |
| 圣庙 | shèng miào | shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius) |
| 庙堂 | miào táng | imperial ancestral temple; imperial court; temple |
| 曲阜孔庙 | Qū fù Kǒng miào | temple to Confucius in his hometown Qufu |
| 宗庙 | zōng miào | temple; ancestral shrine |
| 孔庙 | Kǒng miào | Confucian temple |
| 娘娘庙 | Niáng niáng miào | temple of Goddess of Fertility |