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"ancestral temple" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
宗祠 zōng cí ancestral temple / clan hall syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved syn
寺庙 寺廟 sì miào temple / monastery / shrine syn
神庙 神廟 shén miào temple
寺院 sì yuàn cloister / temple / monastery / CL:座[zuo4] syn
殿堂 diàn táng palace / hall / temple buildings syn
太阳穴 太陽穴 tài yáng xué temple (on the sides of human head)
庙宇 廟宇 miào yǔ temple syn
宗庙 宗廟 zōng miào temple / ancestral shrine syn
龙华 龍華 lóng huá Longhua, the name of numerous streets, railway stations, temples and city districts etc, notably Longhua Temple 龍華寺|龙华寺[Long2 hua2 Si4] in Shanghai and Longhua District 龍華區|龙华区[Long2 hua2 Qu1] of Shenzhen, Guangdong
庙会 廟會 miào huì temple fair syn
大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple
天宫 天宮 tiān gōng Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program syn
护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
香火 xiāng huǒ incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks syn
祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall / memorial hall syn
原籍 yuán jí ancestral home (town) / birthplace syn
高宗 gāo zōng Gaozong, the temple name of various emperors, notably 唐高宗[Tang2 Gao1 zong1], 宋高宗[Song4 Gao1 zong1] and 清高宗[Qing1 Gao1 zong1] (aka 李治[Li3 Zhi4], 趙構|赵构[Zhao4 Gou4] and 乾隆[Qian2 long2] respectively)
祖籍 zǔ jí ancestral hometown / original domicile (and civil registration) syn
祖坟 祖墳 zǔ fén ancestral tomb syn
洪武 hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3]
佛寺 fó sì Buddhist temple syn
天坛 天壇 tiān tán Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
古刹 古剎 gǔ chà old Buddhist temple
永乐 永樂 yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3]
正殿 zhèng diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple
正德 zhèng dé Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1]
庙堂 廟堂 miào táng imperial ancestral temple / imperial court / temple syn
天顺 天順 tiān shùn Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]
禅房 禪房 chán fáng a room in a Buddhist monastery / a temple syn
神位 shén wèi spirit tablet / ancestral tablet syn
大雄 dà xióng great hero / main Buddhist image (in temple)
罗刹 羅剎 luó chà demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food
道观 道觀 dào guàn Daoist temple syn
地坛 地壇 dì tán Temple of Earth (in Beijing)
孔庙 孔廟 kǒng miào Confucian temple syn
宗室 zōng shì imperial clan / member of the imperial clan / clansman / ancestral shrine syn
进香 進香 jìn xiāng to burn incense at a temple
雍和宫 雍和宮 yōng hé gōng Yonghe Temple / Lama Temple (Beijing)
大昭寺 dà zhāo sì Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism
大藏经 大藏經 dà zàng jīng Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea syn
明太祖 míng tài zǔ Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]
英宗 yīng zōng Yingzong, temple name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正統|正统[Zheng4 tong3]
伽蓝 伽藍 qié lán Buddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama")
宣德 xuān dé Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1]
白马寺 白馬寺 bái mǎ sì the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China
武侯祠 wǔ hóu cí temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.)
金山寺 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake)
悬空寺 懸空寺 xuán kōng sì Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi
过堂 過堂 guò táng to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall syn
耳鬓厮磨 耳鬢廝磨 ěr bìn sī mó lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood syn
吴哥窟 吳哥窟 wú gē kū Angkor Wat, temple complex in Cambodia
奉祀 fèng sì to worship / to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc) / (of a shrine or temple) to be dedicated to (a deity, ancestor etc)
禅林 禪林 chán lín a Buddhist temple syn
宫 宮 gōng palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale syn
召 zhào to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia) syn
寺 sì Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old) syn
庙 廟 miào temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial syn
圣殿 聖殿 shèng diàn temple
籍 jí (bound form) book / record / register / (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records / (bound form) membership syn
穆 mù solemn / reverent / calm / burial position in an ancestral tomb (old) / old variant of 默
刹 剎 chà Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅|刹多罗[cha4duo1luo2], Sanskrit "ksetra") syn
颞 顳 niè bones of the temple (on the human head) / see 顳顬|颞颥, temple
传宗接代 傳宗接代 chuán zōng jiē dài to carry on one's ancestral line syn
祢 禰 mí memorial tablet in a temple commemorating a deceased father
叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn
八角街 bā jiǎo jiē Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet, aka 八廓街[Ba1 kuo4 Jie1]
法源寺 fǎ yuán sì Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing
潭柘寺 tán zhè sì Tanzhe Temple
喇嘛庙 喇嘛廟 lǎ ma miào lamasery / temple of Tibetan Buddhism
岱庙 岱廟 dài miào Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai
娘娘庙 娘娘廟 niáng niáng miào temple of Goddess of Fertility
白塔寺 bái tǎ sì Baita temple in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1]
八廓街 bā kuò jiē Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
香火钱 香火錢 xiāng huǒ qián donations to a temple
圣殿山 聖殿山 shèng diàn shān Temple Mount
祧 tiāo ancestral hall
少林寺 shào lín sì Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
蝶骨 dié gǔ sphenoid bone (front of the temple)
颥 顬 rú see 顳顬|颞颥, temple (the sides of human head)
禘 dì imperial ancestral sacrifice
菴 ān variant of 庵 / hut / Buddhist convent / small Buddhist temple
鬑 lián hanging temple hair
礿 yuè spring imperial ancestral sacrifice
砫 zhǔ ancestral tablet
无事不登三宝殿 無事不登三寶殿 wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diàn lit. one doesn't visit a temple without a cause (idiom) / fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth)
金刚怒目 金剛怒目 jīn gāng nù mù to have a face as terrifying as a temple's guardian deity (idiom)
祊 bēng side altar inside ancestral temple
祠庙 祠廟 cí miào ancestral hall / temple to one's forebears
指南宫 指南宮 zhǐ nán gōng Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅[Mu4 zha4], Taipei
夹山寺 夾山寺 jiā shān sì Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen county 石門縣|石门县[Shi2 men2 xian4], Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan, the purported final home and burial place of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成[Li3 Zi4 cheng2]
禴 yuè spring imperial ancestral sacrifice
血祭 xuè jì blood sacrifice / animal sacrifice (to a God or ancestral spirit)
谒访 謁訪 yè fǎng to pay one's respects / to visit (ancestral grave)
谒陵之旅 謁陵之旅 yè líng zhī lǚ visit to ancestral tomb
贯气 貫氣 guàn qì (feng shui) beneficial influence, esp. from one's ancestral graves / to confer a beneficial influence
谱氏 譜氏 pǔ shì family tree / ancestral records
恋念 戀念 liàn niàn to have a sentimental attachment to (a place) / to miss (one's ancestral home etc) / to be nostalgic about
树高千丈，叶落归根 樹高千丈，葉落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
郡望 jùn wàng choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] is also known as 韓昌黎|韩昌黎[Han2 Chang1li2], where 韓|韩[Han2] is his surname and 昌黎[Chang1li2] is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡[jun4].)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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