宫
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
gōng gong1
- palace
- temple
- castration (as corporal punishment)
- first note in pentatonic scale
- surname Gong
Example sentences
- The Eiffel Tower is in the same city as the Louvre Museum.
- shǒugōng 守宫 shā 砂 shì 是 Zhōngguó 中国 gǔdài 古代 yònglái 用来 yànzhèng 验证 nǚrén 女人 zhēncāo 贞操 de 的 fāngfǎ 方法 .Shougongsha is an old Chinese technique to test a woman's virginity.
- tā 她 wèile 为了 yǎnshì 掩饰 zìjǐ 自己 gōngzhǔ 公主 de 的 shēnfèn 身份 , nǚbànnánzhuāng 女扮男装 , táochū 逃出 le 了 huánggōng 皇宫 。To hide the fact that she's a princess, she disguised herself as a boy and escaped the palace.
HSK words with 宫
More words with 宫
- 子宫 zǐgōng uterus
- 宫人 gōngrén imperial concubine or palace maid
- 地宫 dìgōng underground palace (as part of imperial tomb)
- 自宫 zìgōng to castrate oneself
- 行宫 xínggōng temporary imperial residence
- 宫主 gōngzhǔ imperial empress
- 后宫 hòugōng harem
- 龙宫 lónggōng palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea
- 宫女 gōngnǚ palace maid