an 庵
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- an (Pinyin without tones)
- 庵 (Traditional Chinese)
- 庵 (Simplified Chinese)
- ān (Pinyin)
- an (Wade-Giles)
Gloss
literally: a cottage or hut; in a religious context a hermitage, sanctuary; often a convent (Kroll 2015, 2; Guo 2002, 16; Hanyu dacidian (online edition))1
草屋;宗教建築中指寺院,多爲尼姑所居。(漢語大詞典)
Works Cited
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- 1 KROLL. 2015. A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese, 2.; GUO. 2002. A Visual Dictionary of Chinese Architecture, 16.
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庵 an” in Architectura Sinica last modified June 1, 2021, https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000031.
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