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寺庙 sìmiào

寺庙 sìmiào Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 寺庙 sìmiào .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sìmiào | si4 miao4
English translation
temple
monastery
shrine

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Traditional form

寺廟

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 寺庙 sìmiào

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cùn represents the meaning and zhǐ represents the sound. Based on the original meaning of "to grasp". The current meaning "temple" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning is now represented by the character chí (to hold).

Positional decomposition

土寸

Number of Strokes

6
miào

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

广由

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 寺庙 sìmiào

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他们 tā men 不仅 bùjǐn 修缮 xiū shàn le lǎo 寺庙 sìmiào , Huán 修建 xiūjiàn le 许多 xǔduō Xīn 寺庙 sìmiào .

They built new temples and repaired and improved old ones.

寺庙 sìmiào de 墙壁 qiáng bì shǎng zhāo 象形文字 xiàng xíng wén zì .

Hieroglyphics are carved into the walls of the temple.

犹太人 Yóu tài rén gǎn chū le 寺庙 sìmiào .

The Jews cast him out of the temple.

寺庙 sìmiào nèi de 诵经声 tíng le

The chanting inside the temple stopped.

寺庙 sìmiào de 墙壁 qiáng bì 上刻 zhāo 象形文字 xiàng xíng wén zì

Hieroglyphs are carved into the walls of the temple.

寺庙 sìmiào Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 寺庙 sìmiào and their own compounds.

寺庙 sìmiào Compounds

See all 26 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 寺庙 sìmiào in their composition.

    • dāi
      • , zhì ,
    • shí
      • shí , , , , , shí
    • děng , , chí , Shī , shì , zhì , zhì , shì , zhì , zhì , zhì , shī , shí , , , , shī
  • miào
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