天后宮

Chinese

		Empress of Heaven; epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu	palace; uterus
trad. (天后宮)		天后	宮
simp. (天后宫)		天后	宫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānhòugōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ hau⁶ gung¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): tiêng¹ hou⁶ gêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānhòugōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianhòugong
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hou⁴-kung¹
    • Yale: tyān-hòu-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianhowgong
    • Palladius: тяньхоугун (tjanʹxougun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ hau⁶ gung¹
    • Yale: tīn hauh gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ hau⁶ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ heo⁶ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiêng¹ hou⁶ gêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thieng hŏu keng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰieŋ³³⁻²³ hou³⁵⁻¹¹ keŋ³³/

Noun

天后宮

1. (religion) temple of the sea goddess Mazu

Synonyms

• 媽祖廟／妈祖庙 (māzǔmiào)
• 天后廟／天后庙 (tiānhòumiào)
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 媽宮／妈宫 (māgōng), 老媽宮／老妈宫