廟公

Chinese

		temple; monastery	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (廟公)		廟	公
simp. (庙公)		庙	公

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miàogōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): meu-kông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biō-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miàogōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miàogong
    • Wade–Giles: miao⁴-kung¹
    • Yale: myàu-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miawgong
    • Palladius: мяогун (mjaogun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: meu-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: meu gong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: meu⁴ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /meu̯⁵⁵ koŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biō-kong
    • Tâi-lô: biō-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bioixkofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /bio³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /bio³¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɤ³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan): /bio³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /biɤ³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bio²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

廟公

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hakka) temple attendant in charge of incense and candles; acolyte

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 廟祝 (“temple attendant in charge of incense and candles”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廟祝
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	廟祝, 廟公
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	廟倌
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	廟祝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	廟祝, 廟祝公
	Hong Kong	廟祝, 廟祝公
Hakka	Yudu	廟老子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	廟公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	廟公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	廟公
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	廟公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	廟公
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	廟公
Northern Min	Jian'ou	齋公
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	廟祝
Southern Min	Xiamen	廟公, 廟祝
	Zhangzhou	廟公
	Zhao'an	廟公
	Taipei	廟公
	Taipei (Wanhua)	廟公
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	廟祝, 廟公
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	廟公
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	廟公
	Kaohsiung	廟公, 廟祝
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	廟公
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	廟公
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	廟公, 廟祝
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	廟公, 廟祝
	Yilan	廟公, 廟祝
	Yilan (Toucheng)	廟公, 廟祝
	Changhua (Lukang)	廟公
	Taichung	廟公
	Taichung (Wuqi)	廟公
	Tainan	廟公, 廟祝
	Tainan (Anping)	廟公
	Taitung	廟公
	Hsinchu	廟公, 顧廟的, 顧宮的
	Kinmen	廟祝
	Penghu (Magong)	宮公, 廟祝
	Penghu (Xiyu)	宮公, 廟祝
	Jieyang	治宮
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	廟祝, 廟祝公
Wu	Shanghai	香火
Xiang	Changsha	廟祝, 廟老倌