# 廟祝
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): miàozhù
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): miu$^6$ zuk$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): miêu-*cé̤ṳk
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biō-chiok
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): miau$^5$ zhou$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miàozhù
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miàojhù
*** Wade–Giles: miao$^4$-chu$^4$
*** Yale: myàu-jù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miawjuh
*** Palladius: мяочжу (mjaočžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: miu$^6$ zuk$^1$
*** Yale: miuh jūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: miu$^6$ dzuk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: miu$^6$ zug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /miːu̯²² t͡sʊk̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: miêu-*cé̤ṳk
*** Sinological IPA : /mieu²⁴²⁻⁵³ t͡søyʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biō-chiok
*** Tâi-lô: biō-tsiok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bioixciog
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bio²²⁻²¹ t͡siɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɤ³³⁻²¹ t͡siɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /bio²²⁻¹² t͡siɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Yilan): /bio³³⁻²¹ t͡siɔk̚²/
*** IPA (Tainan): /biɤ³³⁻¹¹ t͡siɔk̚³²/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: miau$^5$ zhou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /mi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /mi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡səu̯²⁴/

### Noun

廟祝
* temple attendant in charge of incense and candles; acolyte

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 廟祝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 廟祝, 廟公 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 廟倌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 廟祝 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 廟祝, 廟祝公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 廟祝, 廟祝公 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 廟老子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 廟公 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 廟公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 廟公 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 廟公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 廟公 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 廟公 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 齋公 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 廟祝, 廟公 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 廟公, 顧廟的, 顧宮的 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 宮公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 宮公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 治宮 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 治宮 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 治宮 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 廟祝, 廟祝公 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 香火 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 廟祝, 廟老倌 |