天后廟

Chinese

		Empress of Heaven; epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu	temple; monastery
trad. (天后廟)		天后	廟
simp. (天后庙)		天后	庙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānhòumiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ hau⁶ miu^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānhòumiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianhòumiào
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hou⁴-miao⁴
    • Yale: tyān-hòu-myàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianhowmiaw
    • Palladius: тяньхоумяо (tjanʹxoumjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ hau⁶ miu^6-2
    • Yale: tīn hauh míu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ hau⁶ miu^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ heo⁶ miu^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² miːu̯²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

天后廟

1. (religion) temple of the sea goddess Mazu

Synonyms

• 天后宮 (tiānhòugōng)
• 媽祖廟／妈祖庙 (māzǔmiào)
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 媽宮／妈宫 (māgōng), 老媽宮／老妈宫