庙 (miào) is a Chinese word meaning “temple; ancestral shrine; CL:座[zuo4]”.
Meanings
- 1temple
- 2ancestral shrine
- 3CL:座[zuo4]
- 4temple fair
- 5great imperial hall
- 6imperial
- Part of speech
- noun
Related words
寺庙temple神庙temple庙宇temple宗庙temple庙会temple fair庙堂imperial ancestral temple圣庙shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius)喇嘛庙lamasery大水冲了龙王庙lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)帕提侬神庙the Parthenon, Athens庙主head priest of a temple