| 寺庙 | sì miào | temple / monastery / shrine |   |
| 圣地 | shèng dì | holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest | |
| 神殿 | shén diàn | shrine | |
| 神社 | shén shè | shrine | |
| 神龛 | shén kān | shrine / niche / household shrine | |
| 祠 |  cí | shrine / to offer a sacrifice | |
| 龛 | kān | niche / shrine | |
| 神祠 | shén cí | shrine | |
| 靖国神社 | Jìng guó Shén shè | Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals | |
| 宗室 | zōng shì | imperial clan / member of the imperial clan / clansman / ancestral shrine | |
| 宗庙 | zōng miào | temple / ancestral shrine | |
| 奉祀 | fèng sì | to worship / to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc) / (of a shrine or temple) to be dedicated to (a deity, ancestor etc) | |
| 圣庙 | shèng miào | shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius) | |
| 庙 | miào | temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial | |
| 刹 | chà | Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅|刹多罗[cha4 duo1 luo2], Sanskrit "ksetra") | |
| 祏 | shí | stone shrine | |
| 社鼠城狐 | shè shǔ chéng hú | lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls / fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power to bully and exploit people | |
| 严岛 | Yán dǎo | Itsukushima island in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan, with a famous shrine | |
| 严岛神社 | Yán dǎo shén shè | Itsukujima shrine in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan | |
| 平安神宫 | Píng ān Shén gōng | Heian Jingū / or Heian Shrine, in Kyōto, Japan | |
| 迎神赛会 | yíng shén sài huì | folk festival, esp. involving shrine or image of God | |
| 土楼 | tǔ lóu | traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multistory circular structure built around a central shrine | |
| 里社 | lǐ shè | village shrine to the earth god | |
