Definition
庙 (miào) is a general word for a temple, often used in everyday speech and in compounds like 庙会 (temple fair). 寺庙 (sì miào) is a more formal compound that specifically refers to Buddhist or Taoist temples. 庙 can also refer to ancestral shrines or imperial halls in historical contexts.
noun
temple (Buddhist or Taoist)
Measure word · 座
Easily confused
- 届jièlook-alike(classifier) for periodic events (meetings, competitions, elections) and graduating classes
- 秒miǎosound-alike(classifier) second (unit of time)
- 应yìnglook-aliketo respond, to answer
- 妙miàosound-alikeclever; wonderful; ingenious
- 油yóulook-alikeoil
- 苗Miáosound-alikeMiao (an ethnic group in China, mainly in Guizhou, Yunnan, and Hunan)
Examples
- 庙。Zhè zuò miào yǐjīng yǒu sān bǎi duō nián lìshǐ le.This temple already has over three hundred years of history.
- 。Měinián Chūnjié chéng lǐ chéng lǐ dōu huì jǔbàn miào huì.Every Spring Festival the city holds a temple fair.
- 庙。Tā měitiān zǎochén dōu qù miào lǐ shāo xiāng.He goes to burn incense at the temple every morning.
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