宗廟

See also: 宗庙

Chinese

		school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family	temple; monastery
trad. (宗廟)		宗	廟
simp. (宗庙)		宗	庙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zōngmiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ miu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōngmiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zongmiào
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹-miao⁴
    • Yale: dzūng-myàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongmiaw
    • Palladius: цзунмяо (czunmjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ miu⁶
    • Yale: jūng miuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ miu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ miu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ miːu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsowng mjewH

Rime
Character	宗	廟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	冬 (5)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	作冬切	眉召切
Baxter	tsowng	mjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suoŋ/	/mˠiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suoŋ/	/mᵚiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡soŋ/	/miæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sawŋ/	/miawH/
Li Rong	/t͡soŋ/	/mjɛuH/
Wang Li	/t͡suoŋ/	/mĭɛuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suoŋ/	/mi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zōng	miào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1	miu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤuŋ  [m]raw-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːŋ  mrews/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宗	廟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zōng	miào
Middle Chinese	‹ tsowng ›	‹ mjewH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁuŋ/	/*[m]raw-s/
English	ancestral temple	a kind of building with side rooms
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宗	廟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17892	1306
Phonetic component	宗	朝
Rime group	終	宵
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	宗	廟
Old Chinese	/*ʔsuːŋ/	/*mrews/
Notes		古文作庿

Noun

宗廟

1. ancestral hall; family temple (for royal or noble families)
2. nickname for the royal family or the country

Synonyms

• (ancestral hall): 宗祠 (zōngcí), 祠堂 (cítáng), 家廟／家庙 (jiāmiào), 家祠 (jiācí), 祖廟／祖庙 (zǔmiào); (Hokkien) 祖厝

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宗廟):

• → Japanese: 宗(そう)廟(びょう) (sōbyō)
• → Korean: 종묘(宗廟) (jongmyo)
• → Vietnamese: tông miếu (宗廟)

Korean

Hanja in this term
宗	廟

Proper noun

宗廟 • (Jongmyo) (hangeul 종묘)

1. Hanja form^? of 종묘.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
宗	廟

Proper noun

宗廟

1. chữ Hán form of tông miếu.