宮闕

See also: 宫阙

Chinese

		palace; uterus	imperial city; deficiency
trad. (宮闕)		宮	闕
simp. (宫阙)		宫	阙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngquè

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ kyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngquè
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongcyuè
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chʻüeh⁴
    • Yale: gūng-chywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongchiueh
    • Palladius: гунцюэ (guncjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ kyut³
    • Yale: gūng kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːt̚³/

Noun

宮闕

1. (literary) palace (Classifier: 座 m)

   • 不知天上宮闕，今夕是何年？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1076, Su Shi, Shuidiao Getou (水調歌頭)

     Bùzhī tiānshàng gōngquè, jīnxī shì hé nián? [Pinyin]

     I wonder in the palace of the heavens, which year is it tonight?

Synonyms

• 宮殿／宫殿 (gōngdiàn)
• 玉門／玉门 (yùmén) (Classical Chinese, figurative)