宮廟

Chinese

		palace; uterus	temple; monastery
trad. (宮廟)		宮	廟
simp. (宫庙)		宫	庙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngmiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄠˋ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûng-meu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): keng-biō / kiong-biō

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng¹ bhio⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngmiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongmiào
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-miao⁴
    • Yale: gūng-myàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongmiaw
    • Palladius: гунмяо (gunmjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng-meu
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung´ meu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹ meu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ meu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-biō
    • Tâi-lô: king-biō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kengbioi
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bio³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɤ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bio²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³ bio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong-biō
    • Tâi-lô: kiong-biō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiongbioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bio²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng¹ bhio⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: keng biō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³³⁻²³ bio¹¹/

Note: Jieyang.

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• Middle Chinese: kjuwng mjewH

Rime
Character	宮	廟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居戎切	眉召切
Baxter	kjuwng	mjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨuŋ/	/mˠiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/kiuŋ/	/mᵚiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuŋ/	/miæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuwŋ/	/miawH/
Li Rong	/kiuŋ/	/mjɛuH/
Wang Li	/kĭuŋ/	/mĭɛuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯uŋ/	/mi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiōng	miào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung1	miu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k(r)uŋ  [m]raw-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuŋ  mrews/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宮	廟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng	miào
Middle Chinese	‹ kjuwng ›	‹ mjewH ›
Old Chinese	/*k(r)uŋ/	/*[m]raw-s/
English	dwelling; palace; note of scale	a kind of building with side rooms
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宮	廟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4147	1306
Phonetic component	宮	朝
Rime group	終	宵
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	弓	廟
Old Chinese	/*kuŋ/	/*mrews/
Notes		古文作庿

Noun

宮廟

1. (chiefly Southern Min) temple
2. (Classical) ancestral hall

   • 宮廟邸第，人民所次。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宫庙邸第，人民所次。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Gōngmiào dǐdì, rénmín suǒ cì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (Classical) palaces and ancestral halls

   • 己酉，董卓焚洛陽宮廟及人家。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     己酉，董卓焚洛阳宫庙及人家。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Jǐyǒu, Dǒng Zhuó fén luòyáng gōngmiào jí rénjiā. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (temple):

• 佛寺 (fósì) (Buddhist temple)
• 寶剎／宝刹 (bǎochà) (Buddhist temple)
• 寺
• 寺廟／寺庙 (sìmiào)
• 尪廟／尪庙 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 廟／庙 (miào)
• 廟宇／庙宇 (miàoyǔ)
• 廟寺／庙寺 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 梵宇 (fànyǔ) (literary, Buddhist temple)
• 禪寺／禅寺 (chánsì) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪寺／禅寺 (chánsì) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪房／禅房 (chánfáng) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪林／禅林 (chánlín) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪院／禅院 (chányuàn) (Buddhist temple)