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

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

(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

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

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