03576 Chinese character of 祠 and pronounce ci4

The Chinese character【祠】is used to describe buildings or actions, and is mainly used for the following meanings:

Ancestral hall or sacrifice. Explanation: (1) Temple, a place to worship ancestors or sages and martyrs. For example: “family ancestral hall”, “ancestral hall”, “ancestral ancestral hall”, and “martyr’s shrine”. (2) Spring Festival, a festival held in spring.

Here’s the way to say this Chinese character aloud.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【祠】:cí

Cantonese Jyutping of 【祠】:ci4

This provides fundamental insights into the meaning of the character 【祠】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【祠】, for example:Describing a building or action , It mainly means ancestral hall or sacrifice .Given the broad and profound nature of Chinese characters, some nuances and precise usages may not be entirely captured in this space.

【祠】appears simple on its own, but when linked to other words, it creates nuanced phrases, like【宗祠、祖祠】(Mandarin Pinyin:zōng cí 、zǔ cí/ Cantonese Jyutping:zung1 ci4 、zou2 ci4)

This character consists of 9 individual strokes,It is a Chinese character that must be learned by those aiming to reach a near-native level of proficiency in Chinese,Here’s a sample sentence featuring this character.:


他們在祖祠裡舉行了祭祀活動。

They held a sacrificial ceremony in the ancestral temple.


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