圣母教堂

聖母教堂

ShèngmǔJiàotáng

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Measure Word

一座圣母教堂 zuò

Meanings

1 Church of Our Lady
2 Frauenkirche / Notre-Dame (any major cathedral named for the Virgin Mary)

Characters

Examples

巴黎圣母教堂是哥特式建筑的杰作。

Bālí Shèngmǔ Jiàotáng shì gētèshì jiànzhù de jiézuò.

Notre-Dame de Paris is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture.

我们参观了慕尼黑的圣母教堂。

Wǒmen cānguān le Mùníhēi de Shèngmǔ Jiàotáng.

We visited the Frauenkirche in Munich.

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Generic Chinese term for any cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Specific famous ones: 巴黎圣母院 (Notre-Dame de Paris — note 院 yuàn rather than 教堂), 慕尼黑圣母教堂 (Frauenkirche, Munich), 德累斯顿圣母教堂 (Dresden Frauenkirche, the famously rebuilt baroque church).

Stroke Order

圣 shèng

母 mǔ

教 jiāo

堂 táng