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title: "Simiao Meaning: 寺庙 (sìmiào) Means “temple”"
description: "寺庙 (traditional 寺廟, sìmiào) means “temple; monastery”. Hear its tones, see what 寺 and 庙 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/simiao"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 寺庙 mean?

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寺庙 sìmiào

## temple; monastery

## Its characters

1. 寺 sì temple
2. 庙 miào temple

## In a sentence

这座寺庙已经有一千年了。 This temple is already a thousand years old.

因此，很多**寺庙**会在这天煮粥，免费送给大家。

From [腊八节是什么节？ · What is the Laba Festival?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/what-is-the-laba-festival#library-word-221-223)

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