Dictionary/宫

宫 宮

宫 gōng

ㄍㄨㄥ
NHSK 6core 10k
1palace
2temple
3castration (as corporal punishment)
4first note in pentatonic scale

Characters

Examples

guì zú贵族zhù住zài在gù故gōng宫de的dōng bian东边hé和xī biān西边。
贵族住在故宫的东边和西边。
Aristocrats lived to the east and west of the imperial palace.
宫崎不是它往日的样子了。
Miyazaki is not what it used to be.
埃菲尔铁塔和卢浮宫在同一座城市。
The Eiffel Tower is in the same city as the Louvre Museum.

See also: words & characters pronounced gōng