joss-house
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Chinese Pidgin English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]joss (“god”) + house (“house”)
Noun
[edit]joss-house
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, page 106: “Joss-house: temple; church.”