九宮格

Chinese

			frame; rule
trad. (九宮格)		九宮	格
simp. (九宫格)		九宫	格
Literally: “Nine Palaces grid”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔgōnggé

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² gung¹ gaak³, gau² gung¹ gaak^3-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔgōnggé
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒugonggé
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-kung¹-ko²
    • Yale: jyǒu-gūng-gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeougongger
    • Palladius: цзюгунгэ (czjugungɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔgōnggér
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄜˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒugonggér
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-kung¹-ko²-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyǒu-gūng-gér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeougongger'l
    • Palladius: цзюгунгэр (czjugungɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɤɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² gung¹ gaak³, gau² gung¹ gaak^3-2
    • Yale: gáu gūng gaak, gáu gūng gáak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² gung¹ gaak⁸, gau² gung¹ gaak^8-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² gung¹ gag³, geo² gung¹ gag^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kaːk̚³/, /kɐu̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kaːk̚³⁻³⁵/

Noun

九宮格

1. a kind of paper with square grids split into nine smaller squares in a three-by-three arrangement for practising Chinese calligraphy
2. (figuratively) a 3×3 grid

   玩九宮格／玩九宫格  ―  wán jiǔgōnggé  ―  to play sudoku

   發九宮格圖片／发九宫格图片  ―  fā jiǔgōnggé túpiàn  ―  to post images that have been split into 9 square parts (done in WeChat to exploit the way images are thumbnailed)

   九宮格輸入法／九宫格输入法  ―  jiǔgōnggé shūrùfǎ  ―  typing using a mobile phone keypad

   九宮格梗圖／九宫格梗图  ―  jiǔgōnggé gěngtú  ―  alignment chart meme