廟堂

See also: 庙堂

Chinese

		temple; monastery	(main) hall; large room
trad. (廟堂)		廟	堂
simp. (庙堂)		庙	堂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miàotáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁶ tong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biō-tn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miàotáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miàotáng
    • Wade–Giles: miao⁴-tʻang²
    • Yale: myàu-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miawtarng
    • Palladius: мяотан (mjaotan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: miu⁶ tong⁴
    • Yale: miuh tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁶ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁶ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²² tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biō-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: biō-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bioixd'ngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bio²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bio⁴¹⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bio²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bio³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɤ³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³/

Noun

廟堂

1. (archaic) ancestral temple
2. (archaic) the imperial court