媽宮

Chinese

		mother; mama	palace; uterus
trad. (媽宮)		媽	宮
simp. (妈宫)		妈	宫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): māgōng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚㄍㄨㄥ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): má-keng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ma² gêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: māgōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: magong
  - Wade–Giles: ma¹-kung¹
  - Yale: mā-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhagong
  - Palladius: магун (magun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-keng
  - Tâi-lô: má-king
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mafkefng
  - IPA (Taipei): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ma² gêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: má keng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma⁵²⁻³⁵ keŋ³³/

Noun

媽宮

(chiefly Southern Min, religion) temple of the sea goddess Mazu

Synonyms

媽祖廟／妈祖庙 (māzǔmiào)
天后宮 (tiānhòugōng)
天后廟 (tiānhòumiào)
(Teochew) 老媽宮／老妈宫

Proper noun

媽宮

(historical) Old name for 馬公／马公 (Mǎgōng, “Magong”).