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文廟

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

Noun

文廟

(religion) Alternative term for 孔廟／孔庙 (Kǒngmiào, “Confucian temple”).
(religion) temple to Wendi in his other guises

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文廟):

Vietnamese: văn miếu ‎(文廟)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wénmiào

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
Min Nan (POJ): bûn-biō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wénmiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenmiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ən³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-biō
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-biō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunbioi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² biɤ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² biɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² biɤ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ bio³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ biɤ³³/