古刹

古剎
gǔchà
noun #58,284

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 ancient Buddhist temple

Examples

HSK 4
Zhè zuò chéngshì lǐ yǒu yí zuò qiānnián gǔchà.
There is a thousand-year-old Buddhist temple in this city.
HSK 7-9
Zhè zuò gǔchà shǐjiàn yú Tángdài, zhìjīn xiānghuǒ búduàn.
This old temple was first built in the Tang dynasty and still draws worshippers today.

Tips

mistakes
刹 is chà here, "Buddhist temple", as in 刹那 (an instant). The other reading, shā, means "to brake": 刹车. The chà reading came into Chinese with Buddhist scripture as a sound borrowing from Sanskrit.

Stroke Order

古 gǔ
刹 shā