祠 (ci4) — ancestral temple/hall; memorial temple; shrine in Cantonese
ciˎ₄祠Mandarin Pinyin: ci2
Meaning of 祠
nounancestral temple/hall; memorial temple; shrine
Example Sentences with 祠
ngoˏ₅我haiˊ²喺zungˉ¹宗ciˎ₄祠zoengˊ²長daaiˍ₆大。
I grew up in the ancestral hall.
caamˉ¹參gunˉ¹觀zungˉ¹宗ciˎ₄祠。
Visit the ancestral hall.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度haiˍ₆係zungˉ¹宗ciˎ₄祠。
This is the ancestral hall.
heoi˗₃去zungˉ¹宗ciˎ₄祠baai˗₃拜sanˎ₄神。
Go to the ancestral hall to worship.
zungˉ¹宗ciˎ₄祠houˊ²好gauˍ₆舊wo˗₃喎。
The ancestral hall is very old.
Words Containing 祠
祠堂ci4 tong2
ancestral; memorial temple
宗祠zung1 ci4
ancestral shrine
陳家祠can4 gaa1 ci4
Chen Clan ancestral temple, a place in Guangzhou, China
拆祠堂caak3 ci4 tong2
a curse used to threaten someone that they will have their penis cut off ; literally: to wreck the ancestral hall [colloquial]
大祠堂daai6 ci4 tong2
ancestral temple [written and colloquial]; Stanley Prison in Hong Kong [colloquial]
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