kyaung

thumb|An urban kyaung on Anawrahta Road in [[Yangon]]

A kyaung (, ) is a monastery (vihara), comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Buddhist monks. Burmese kyaungs are sometimes also occupied by novice monks (samanera), lay attendants (kappiya), nuns (thilashin), and white-robed acolytes ( phothudaw).