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miào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
miào | miao4
English translation
temple
ancestral shrine
CL: zuò [zuò]
temple fair
temple, shrine; imperial court

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About miào

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

miào

Contains the radical

广 Guǎng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A building 广 Guǎng containing an altar  yóu

Etymology of miào

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

广由

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Example sentences using miào

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知名 zhī míng de yǒu 瑞云禅寺 水母 shuǐ mǔ miào yǒng Guī tíng xiá děng .

There are well - known Ruiyun Temple, jellyfish Temple, Yong - owned kiosks, as Ha Temple.

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.

Words with miào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
miào temple miào
寺庙 sìmiào temple寺廟
神庙 shén miào temple (nonspecific)神廟
庙会 miào huì temple fair廟會
庙宇 miào yǔ temple廟宇
宗庙 zōng miào temple宗廟
孔庙 Kǒng miào Confucian temple孔廟
庙堂 miào táng temple廟堂
庙号 miào hào temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor廟號
圣庙 shèng miào shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius)聖廟
祠庙 cí miào ancestral hall祠廟
庙祝 miào zhù acolyte in charge of incense in a temple廟祝
大水冲了龙王庙 dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person大水沖了龍王廟
岱庙 Dài miào Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai岱廟
庙主 miào zhǔ head priest of a temple廟主
关庙乡 Guān miào xiāng Kuanmiao township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县 Tái nán xiàn [Tái​nán​xiàn], Taiwan關廟鄉

miào Decomposition & Compounds

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miào Decomposition

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