Usage of the character 庙
miào
庙
[廟]
- temple
- ancestral shrine
- CL:座 (zuò)
- temple fair
- great imperial hall
- imperial
miàoyǔ
庙宇
[廟宇]
- temple
miàozhǔ
庙主
[廟主]
- head priest of a temple
shèngmiào
圣庙
[聖廟]
- shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius)
Kǒngmiào
孔庙
[孔廟]
- Confucian temple
shénmiào
神庙
[神廟]
- temple
miàotǎ
庙塔
[廟塔]
- temples and pagodas
miàozhù
庙祝
[廟祝]
- acolyte in charge of incense in a temple
sìmiào
寺庙
[寺廟]
- temple
- monastery
- shrine
Miàokǒu
庙口
[廟口]
- Miaokou, market district in Keelung, Taiwan
Dàimiào
岱庙
[岱廟]
- Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai
miàotáng
庙堂
[廟堂]
- imperial ancestral temple
- imperial court
- temple
miàohuì
庙会
[廟會]
- temple fair
miàohào
庙号
[廟號]
- temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor
zōngmiào
宗庙
[宗廟]
- temple
- ancestral shrine
lángmiào
廊庙
[廊廟]
- imperial court
címiào
祠庙
[祠廟]
- ancestral hall
- temple to one's forebears
Guānmiào
关庙
[關廟]
- Guanmiao, a district in Tainan 台南／台南 ( Táinán), Taiwan
Niángniángmiào
娘娘庙
[娘娘廟]
- temple of Goddess of Fertility
Hóngmiàocūn
洪庙村
[洪廟村]
- Hongmiao village in Mudan District 牡丹區／牡丹区 ( Mǔdan Qū) of Heze City, Shandong
Liúlímiào
琉璃庙
[琉璃廟]
- Liulimiao town in Beijing municipality
lǎmamiào
喇嘛庙
[喇嘛廟]
- lamasery
- temple of Tibetan Buddhism
Qūfù Kǒngmiào
曲阜孔庙
[曲阜孔廟]
- temple to Confucius in his hometown Qufu
Pàtáinóng Shénmiào
帕台农神庙
[帕台農神廟]
- Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, Athens
Pàdénèn Shénmiào
帕德嫩神庙
[帕德嫩神廟]
- Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, Athens (Tw)
pàtínóngshénmiào
帕提侬神庙
[帕提儂神廟]
- the Parthenon, Athens
Yīruìkètíwēngmiào
伊瑞克提翁庙
[伊瑞克提翁廟]
- the Erechteum, Athens
dàshuǐchōngle Lóngwángmiào
大水冲了龙王庙
[大水沖了龍王廟]
- lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
- fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
- a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
pǎolehéshàngpǎobùliǎomiào
跑了和尚跑不了庙
[跑了和尚跑不了廟]
- the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
- you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
- I'll get you sooner or later
- also written 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟／跑得了和尚，跑不了庙 (pǎodéliǎohéshàng,pǎobùliǎomiào)
pǎodéliǎohéshàng,pǎobùliǎomiào
跑得了和尚，跑不了庙
[跑得了和尚，跑不了廟]
- the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
- you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
- I'll get you sooner or later
nìngchāishízuòmiào,bùhuǐyīzhuānghūn
宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚
[寧拆十座廟，不毀一樁婚]
- rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)