祠 cí

1. cí noun an ancestral hall; a temple
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '祠' 2, p. 64; Unihan '祠')
2. cí verb Spring sacrifice
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '祠' n 1)
3. cí verb to sacrifice; to give an offering in a religious ceremony
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 祭祀 in this sense (CC-CEDICT '祠'; Guoyu '祠' v; Kroll 2015 '祠' 1, p. 64; Unihan '祠')
4. cí verb to enshrine
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '祠' 2a, p. 64)

Contained in

• 祠部 bureau of sacrifice
• 祠墓 memorial hall and tomb
• 土谷祠(土穀祠) local monastery
• 祠禴尝烝(祠禴嘗烝) spring, summer, fall, and winter sacrifices
• 祠堂 ancestral hall; memorial hall
• 神祠 shrine
• 家祠 family shrine
• 祠庙(祠廟) ancestral hall; temple to one's forebears

Also contained in

屈原祠 、 武侯祠

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《封禪書》 Religious sacrificial ceremonies Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 168
• 卷二十五上 郊祀志 Volume 25a: Treatise on Sacrifices 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 138
• 卷二十五下 郊祀志 Volume 25b: Treatise on Sacrifices 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 101
• 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 83
• 卷106上 地形志二上 Volume 106a Treatise 2: Terrain 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 52
• 卷十七 志第七 禮四 Volume 17 Treatises 7: Rituals 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 51
• 卷十六 志第六 禮三 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rituals 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 49
• 卷一百五十二 志第一百〇五 輿服四 Volume 152 Treatises 105: Carriages and Clothes 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 47
• 卷十九 志第九 禮上 Volume 19 Treatises 9: Rites Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 46
• 卷106中 地形志二中 Volume 106b Treatise 2: Terrain 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 46

Collocations

• 祷祠 (禱祠) 禱祠祭祀 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 17
• 祠官 (祠官) 於是令祠官祀天地四方上帝山川 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 12
• 祠兵 (祠兵) 祠兵 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 7
• 曰祠 (曰祠) 春曰祠 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 6
• 祠祀 (祠祀) 精祠祀 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷二十 反質 Chapter 20: Returning to Simplicity — count: 4
• 祠器 (祠器) 祠器也 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢第二 Chapter 2: Circumstances — count: 4
• 祠上帝 (祠上帝) 是故天子祠上帝 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 3
• 侍祠 (侍祠) 諸侯王列侯使者侍祠天子 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝文本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowen Emperor — count: 3
• 郊祠 (郊祠) 今郊祠而無樂 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 3
• 祠神 (祠神) 古者天子三年一用太牢具祠神三一 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 3