宫

Palace in Chinese: 宫 (gōng)

gōng

palace

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 宮1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1palace
  2. 2temple
  3. 3castration (as corporal punishment)
  4. 4first note in pentatonic scale

Stroke order

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宫

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨㄥ

gōng

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

宫

Simplified

宮

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 皇帝住在很大的宫里。

    huáng dì zhù zài hěn dà de gōng lǐ。

    The emperor lived in a very big palace.

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Related words

宫殿

gōng diàn

palace

宫廷

gōng tíng

court (of king or emperor)

皇宫

huáng gōng

imperial palace

巩固

gǒng gù

to consolidate

构建

gòu jiàn

to construct (sth abstract)

孤独

gū dú

lonely

孤儿

gū ér

orphan

股

gǔ

thigh

股东

gǔ dōng

shareholder

故障

gù zhàng

malfunction

顾

gù

to look after

拐

guǎi

to turn (a corner etc)

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