宗祠

Chinese

		school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family	ancestral hall; temple
trad. (宗祠)		宗	祠
simp. #(宗祠)		宗	祠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zōngcí

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōngcí
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zongcíh
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: dzūng-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongtsyr
    • Palladius: цзунцы (czuncy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: jūng chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Noun

宗祠

1. ancestral shrine; ancestral hall; ancestral temple; lineage temple

Synonyms

• 祠堂 (cítáng)
• 宗廟／宗庙 (zōngmiào)
• 家廟／家庙 (jiāmiào)
• 家祠 (jiācí)
• 祖廟／祖庙 (zǔmiào)
• (Hokkien) 祖厝