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庙
廟
miào
1. temple
2. ancestral shrine
3. CL:[[座<zuò>]]
4. temple fair
Very Common • Top 5%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

庙
miào
temple, shrine; imperial court
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

孔庙
Kǒngmiào
Confucian temple
宗庙
zōngmiào
temple
寺庙
sìmiào
temple
HSK 6
岱庙
Dàimiào
Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai
廊庙
lángmiào
imperial court
庙主
miàozhǔ
head priest of a temple
庙口
Miàokǒu
Miaokou, market district in Keelung, Taiwan
庙堂
miàotáng
imperial ancestral temple
庙塔
miàotǎ
temples and pagodas
庙宇
miàoyǔ
temple
庙会
miàohuì
temple fair
庙祝
miàozhù
acolyte in charge of incense in a temple
庙号
miàohào
temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor
神庙
shénmiào
temple (nonspecific)
祠庙
címiào
ancestral hall
圣庙
shèngmiào
shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius)
关庙
Guānmiào
Kuanmiao township in Tainan county [[台南縣|台南县<Táinánxiàn>]], Taiwan
喇嘛庙
lǎmamiào
lamasery
娘娘庙
Niángniángmiào
temple of Goddess of Fertility
洪庙村
Hóngmiàocūn
Hongmiao village in Mudan District [[牡丹區|牡丹区<MǔdanQū>]] of Heze City, Shandong

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,888
Word Frequency Rank
4,475 of 84,292

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