宫
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Definitions
- 1. palace
- 2. temple
- 3. castration (as corporal punishment)
- 4. first note in pentatonic scale
Words Containing 宫
court (of king or emperor)
palace
imperial palace
Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[xián níng], Hubei
Jiugongshan town in Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture-level city 咸寧|咸宁[xián níng], Hubei
sudoku (puzzle game)
name of a famous opera
underground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology
the Kremlin
empress and imperial concubines or their residence
Winter Palace (St Petersburg)
(in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor
the Palace of Versailles, France
birth by caesarean section
cesarean section
the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[bái yáng], Taurus 金牛[jìn niú], Gemini 雙子|双子[shuāng zǐ], Cancer 巨蟹[jù xiè], Leo 獅子|狮子[shī zǐ], Virgo 室女[shì nu:3], Libra 天秤[tiān chèng], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[tiān xiē], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[rén mǎ], Capricorn 摩羯[mó jié], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[bǎo píng], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[shuāng yú]
Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei
Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei
the Palace of the Bogdo Khan in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
permeated with beautiful music (idiom)
underground palace (as part of imperial tomb)
Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[sūn wù kōng] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor)
Dianji Temple in Keelung, Taiwan
uterus
intrauterine device (IUD)
wall of the uterus
pessary
intrauterine device (IUD)
fibroid tumor of the uterus
cervix
cervical cancer
gecko; house lizard
imperial empress
imperial concubine or palace maid
house (astrology)
Kung Pao Chicken
intrauterine device (IUD)
castration (archaic punishment)
pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[běn zhōu]
Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[běn zhōu]
palace maid
Miyazaki Gorō (1967-), Japanese film director
Miyazaki prefecture in east Kyūshū 九州, Japan
Miyazaki Hayao (1941-), Japanese director
palace apartments
Kiichi Miyazawa (1919-2007), former Japanese prime minister
stir-fried diced pork
gong bao chicken
contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)
Taoist temple
modes of ancient Chinese music
palace
cervix
Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
Heian Jingū or Heian Shrine, in Kyōto, Japan
(slang) to have served several sentences
harem
Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic
to snub
Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅[mù zhà], Taipei
the Forbidden City
Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing
cultural palace
Crown Prince's chambers
Gyeongbokgung palace in central Seoul
Palace in the Moon (in folk tales)
empress
The Crystal Palace
Mukden Palace, aka Shenyang Imperial Palace, the main imperial palace during the early years of the Qing dynasty (1625-1644), a secondary palace in subsequent years, now a museum
imperial palace
White House
The West Wing (US TV series)
Buckingham Palace
the Louvre, museum in Paris
Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna
uterus
to castrate oneself
Palais des Nations
four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character
lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)
temporary imperial residence
maze
to enter the emperor's palace
to force the king or emperor to abdicate
Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng]
Yonghe Temple
detached palace
lit. devils' castle
The Name of the Rose, 1986 movie based on the novel by Umberto Eco
the Louvre
see 十二宮|十二宫[shí èr gōng]
palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea
Rumphius's slit shell (Entemnotrochus rumphii), found in Japan and Taiwan