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(Trad.: 宮)
Pinyin: gōng
English Definition: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
Chinese Definition:
①房屋(封建时代专指帝王的住所):宫室。宫廷。宫殿。宫观(guàn)(a.供帝王游乐的离宫;b.道教的庙宇)。宫禁。宫苑。宫刑。
②神话中神仙居住的房屋:天宫。龙宫。蟾宫。
③庙宇的名称:雍和宫。
④一些文化娱乐场所:少年宫。文化宫。
⑤天文上黄道分为十二宫,每一宫三十度。
⑥中国古代五音之一,相当于简谱“1”。
⑦指“子宫”(妇女生殖器官)。
⑧姓氏。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (roof) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [gàimian2] roof; house
    • [ ] a musical note; surname
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Example Words
白宫 bái gōng White House
故宫 gōng the Forbidden City; abbr. for 故宫博物院
故宫 gōng former imperial palace
宫廷 gōng tíng court (of king or emperor)
宫殿 gōng diàn palace; Classifiers:
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Example Sentences
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Differences over this issue were too deep to be resolved at Lancaster House, and the meeting ended with the matter left open.
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Gong is lucky, he gets the single bed.
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Libra rules the House of Partnership, which means they tend to be socially inclined and more interested in other people than themselves.
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All month, Mars will be touring your house of work projects, so you may find that your workload is quite heavy at the office, and possibly at home, too.
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I believe that connecting harem games with 'slave mentality' and 'narcissism' seems a bit excessive.