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祠堂

祠堂

Chinese

		ancestral hall; temple	(main) hall; large room
simp. and trad. (祠堂)		祠	堂

Noun

祠堂

ancestral shrine; ancestral hall; ancestral temple; lineage temple

Synonyms

宗祠 (zōngcí)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cítáng

(Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ tong^4-2
Min Nan (POJ): sîr-tn̂g / sû-tn̂g / sû-tông / sî-tn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: cítáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄊㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrtangr
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci⁴ tong^4-2
  - Yale: chìh tóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ tong^4-2
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîr-tn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: sîr-tn̂g
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sû-tn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: sû-tn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'dngg
  - IPA (Taipei): /su²⁴⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²³⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sû-tông
  - Tâi-lô: sû-tông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'doong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su¹³⁻²² tɔŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-tn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: sî-tn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: si'dngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi¹³⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/