媽宮

Chinese

		mother; mama	palace; uterus
trad. (媽宮)		媽	宮
simp. (妈宫)		妈	宫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): māgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): má-keng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ma² gêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: māgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: magong
    • Wade–Giles: ma¹-kung¹
    • Yale: mā-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhagong
    • Palladius: магун (magun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-keng
    • Tâi-lô: má-king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mafkefng
    • IPA (Taipei): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ma² gêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: má keng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma⁵²⁻³⁵ keŋ³³/

Noun

媽宮

1. (chiefly Southern Min, religion) temple of the sea goddess Mazu

Synonyms

• 媽祖廟／妈祖庙 (māzǔmiào)
• 天后宮 (tiānhòugōng)
• 天后廟 (tiānhòumiào)
• (Teochew) 老媽宮／老妈宫

Proper noun

媽宮

1. (historical) Old name for 馬公／马公 (Mǎgōng, “Magong”).