# 廟公
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): miàogōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): meu-kông
    (Hailu, HRS): miau$^˖$ gung$^ˋ$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biō-kong
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miàogōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miàogong
*** Wade–Giles: miao$^4$-kung$^1$
*** Yale: myàu-gūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miawgong
*** Palladius: мяогун (mjaogun)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: meu-kông
*** Hakka Romanization System: meu gong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: meu$^4$ gong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /meu̯⁵⁵ koŋ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: miau$^˖$ gung$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /miau³³ kuŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biō-kong
*** Tâi-lô: biō-kong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bioixkofng
*** IPA (Taipei): /bio³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Lukang): /bio³¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɤ³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Yilan): /bio³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Tainan): /biɤ³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bio²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

### Noun

廟公
* (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hakka) 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 |