文廟

See also: 文庙

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	temple; monastery
trad. (文廟)		文	廟
simp. (文庙)		文	庙

Etymology

From 文帝 (Wén Dì, “God of Literature, Culture, etc.”) as a Taoist god or epithet of Confucius.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénmiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-biō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénmiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnmiào
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-miao⁴
    • Yale: wén-myàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenmiaw
    • Palladius: вэньмяо (vɛnʹmjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-biō
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-biō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunbioi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² bio²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² bio⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² bio²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ bio³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ biɤ³³/

Noun

文廟

1. (religion) Confucian temple; temple honoring Confucius and housing schools and testing facilities

Synonyms

• 夫子廟／夫子庙 (fūzǐmiào)
• 孔子廟／孔子庙 (Kǒngzǐmiào)
• 孔廟／孔庙 (Kǒngmiào)
• 學廟／学庙 (xuémiào)
• 聖堂／圣堂 (shèngtáng)
• 聖廟／圣庙 (shèngmiào)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文廟):

• → Vietnamese: văn miếu (文廟)

Proper noun

文廟

1. (～街道) Wenmiao (a subdistrict of Ningyuan, Yongzhou, Hunan, China)