宫 (宮) gōng

1. gōng noun a palace
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 房屋 (Guou '宮' n 1; Unihan '宮')
2. gōng proper noun Gong
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: proper noun 姓名
   Notes: (Guou '宮' n 6)
3. gōng noun a dwelling
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 房屋 (Guou '宮' n 1; Unihan '宮')
4. gōng noun a temple
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 朝天宫 Chaotian Temple (Guou '宮' n 3; Unihan '宮')
5. gōng noun the first note in the pentatonic scale
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The notes on the 五音 pentatonic scale are: 宮、商、角、徵、羽 (CC-CEDICT '宮'; Guoyu '宮' n 5; Wikipedia '五声')

Contained in

• 虚宫格(虛宮格) four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character
• 北平故宫(北平故宮) Imperial Palace at Beiping
• 平安神宫(平安神宮) Heian Jingū or Heian Shrine, in Kyōto, Japan
• 胞宫(胞宮) uterus; womb
• 頖宫(頖宮) palace academy
• 宫掖(宮掖) palace apartments
• 宫人(宮人) imperial concubine; palace maid ; imperial secretary
• 宫本(宮本) Miyamoto (Japanese surname)
• 宫内节育器(宮內節育器) intrauterine device (IUD)
• 迷宫(迷宮) maze; labyrinth
• 子宫颈(子宮頸) cervix; neck of the uterus
• 宫墙(宮牆) palace wall
• 指南宫(指南宮) Zhinan Temple
• 自宫(自宮) to castrate oneself
• 奠济宫(奠濟宮) Dianji Temple
• 蟾宫折桂(蟾宮折桂) plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)
• 二进宫(二進宮) name of a famous opera; to go to jail for a second offense
• 少年宫(少年宮) Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
• 学宫(學宮) palace academy
• 正宫娘娘(正宮娘娘) empress
• 宫商角徵羽(宮商角徵羽) pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale
• 深宫(深宮) emperor's palace residence
• 水晶宫(水晶宮) Crystal Palace
• 守宫(守宮) gecko; house lizard
• 含宫咀徵(含宮咀徵) permeated with beautiful music
• 剖宫产手术(剖宮產手術) Cesarean section operation
• 文化宫(文化宮) cultural palace
• 宫室(宮室) home; dwelling
• 宫话(宮話) Mandarin
• 宫馆(宮館) palace buildings
• 魔宫(魔宮) Mara's palace
• 龙宫贝(龍宮貝) Rumphius's slit shell (Entemnotrochus rumphii), found in Japan and Taiwan
• 冷宫(冷宮) (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor; the doghouse
• 宫中(宮中) within the palace ; at home

Also contained in

东宫 、 宫城县 、 宫崎骏 、 冬宫 、 掖庭宫 、 大闹天宫 、 宫泽喜一 、 阿房宫 、 宫崎县 、 劳动人民文化宫 、 白宫 、 卢浮宫 、 博格多汗宫 、 未央宫 、 稷下学宫 、 坤宁宫 、 魔宫传奇

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Collocations

• 北宫 (北宮) 衛北宮括帥師侵鄭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 46
• 公宫 (公宮) 連稱有從妹在公宮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 27
• 桓宫 (桓宮) 丹桓宮楹 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 15
• 武宫 (武宮) 朝于武宮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 13
• 宫喜 (宮喜) 衛北宮喜 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 11
• 宫灾 (宮災) 西宮災 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 11
• 宫结 (宮結) 北宮結 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 11
• 新宫 (新宮) 新宮災 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 10
• 西宫 (西宮) 西宮災 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 10
• 大宫 (大宮) 授兵于大宮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 10