祠堂
Chinese
ancestral hall; temple | (main) hall; large room | ||
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simp. and trad. (祠堂) |
祠 | 堂 |
Pronunciation
Noun
祠堂
- ancestral shrine; ancestral hall; ancestral temple; lineage temple
- (Cantonese, slang) male genitals; penis
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) prison
Synonyms
- (ancestral shrine): 宗祠 (zōngcí), 宗廟/宗庙 (zōngmiào), 家廟/家庙 (jiāmiào), 家祠 (jiācí), 祖廟/祖庙 (zǔmiào); (Hokkien) 祖厝
Dialectal synonyms of 陰莖 (“penis; male genitalia”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 監獄 (“jail; prison”) [map]
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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祠 | 堂 |
し Hyōgaiji |
どう Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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